טעי, טָעָה (b. h.) 1) (cmp. תָּעָה) to err, be mistaken. Ber. II, 3 קרא וט׳ יחזור למקום שט׳ if in reading the Sh’ma one made a mistake, he must go back to the passage in which he made a mistake. B. Mets. 63ᵇ בכדי שהדעת טוֹעָה within the limits of a reasonable mistake in counting. Snh. 33ᵇ ט׳ בדבר שהצדוקין וכ׳ if the judge made a mistake in a case in which there is no difference of opinion between the Sadducees and Pharisees. Ib. 6ᵃ, a. e. ט׳ בדבר משנה if the judge gave a wrong decision against an explicit law in the Mishnah; ט׳ בשיקול הדעת, v. דַּעַת; a. fr. —2) to seek, to miss (cmp. טָעַן I). Taan. III, 8 אבן הטוֹעִים; B. Mets. 28ᵇ אבן טוֹעִין Ms. M. (ed. טוֹעַן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note), v. אֶבֶן.—Lev. R. s. 13, beg. אני טָעִיתִי את ההלכה I had forgotten the law in the case.
Hif. - הִטְעָה to lead astray, to deceive, disappoint. B. Mets. VI, 1 הִטְעוּ זה את זה they deceived one another, i.e. the agent employed to engage laborers did not act according to instruction, v. next w.—M. Kat. II, 1 הִטְעוּהוּ פועלים hired men disappointed him. Gen. R. s. 19 end (interpret. hishshiani, Gen. III, 13) הִטְעַנִי he deceived me with false promises; a. e.
Hof. - הוּטְעָה to be led astray, be deceived. Tanḥ. Balak 5 כמו שהטעה ה׳ as he led astray, so was he led astray.—Part. מוּטְעֶה, f. מוּטַעַת, מוּטְעֵית misled, brought about by mistake, under false premises. Yeb. 106ᵃ חליצה מ׳ a ḥălitsah to which the yabam consented in consequence of a deception (a promise not kept); Tosef. ib. XII, 13; Keth. 74ᵃ.—R. Hash. 25ᵃ אתם אפי׳ מוּטָעִין ‘ye’ (shall appoint), even if deceived by witnesses (your decision stands). Sabb. 101ᵇ מוטעין (mattings fastened, or spread) by mistake; a. e.