Jastrow: גְּרִירָה

גְּרִירָה f. (גרר) 1) scraping off. Ḥull. 84ᵃ מחוסר … וג׳ requires the acts of pouring out the blood, scraping off the blood stains &c. Ib. 93ᵃ ריש מעיא … בעי ג׳ the top of the small bowels up to a cubit’s length must be scraped (in order to remove the fat). —2) dragging, pulling, moving an object without lifting. Sabb. 22ᵃ; Pes. 101ᵃ; Men. 41ᵇ הלכה … בג׳ the law decides in favor of … with reference to dragging an object on the Sabbath, v. גָּרַר. Y. Kidd. I, 60ᵈ top מהו שיקנו בג׳ can they be taken possession of by moving without lifting? —3) carrying with, involving. Y. Pes. VII, 34ᶜ top מאי נפקא … ג׳ what is the difference between them? They differ as to the majority of one tribe carrying with it (determining the legal status of) the whole nation, v. גָּרַר 3.—Sabb. 71ᵃ ומי אית ליה … ג׳ does R. adopt the opinion that one action can be involved with another so as to be considered one continuous act (e.g. cutting grain and immediately grinding it)? Ib. ג׳ דג׳ an application of this principle in the second degree, that the action involved should involve a third action.