הֶמְסֵס, מָסָס m. (מָסַס) [the dissolving (digesting) receptacle,] the first stomach of ruminants, cmp. הַבְלִילָא. Ḥull. III, 1 המסס (= הַהֶ׳, or הַמָּסָס). Lev. R. s. 4; Midr. Till. to Ps. CIII, beg. המ׳ לטחון the first stomach has the function of grinding (the food). Lev. R. s. 18; Koh. R. to XII, 3 ‘the grinders’ (ib.) זו ה׳ that is the stomach. [From later usage, e.g. Tur Yoré Deah 49, and from its Chald. equivalent it would seem that our w. is הֶמְסֵס, and the definite article fused with the ה of the noun.]
הֶמְסֵס
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הֶמְסֵס , מָסָס m. ( מָסַס ) [ the dissolving ( digesting ) receptacle ,] the first stomach of ruminants , cmp. הַבְלִילָא . Ḥull. III, 1 המסס (=…
References
- Jastrow, מָסַס 1
- Jastrow, הַבְלִילָא 1
- Mishnah Chullin 3:1
- Jastrow, הֶמְסֵס 1
- Vayikra Rabbah 4:4
- Midrash Tehillim 103:1
- Vayikra Rabbah 18:1
- Kohelet Rabbah 12:3:1
- Jastrow, ה 1