מְחִי, מְחָא I, (מְחַח) ch. same 1) to dissolve, mash (by stirring &c.). Pes. 40ᵇ רבא גופא מָחוּ ליה בחסיסי Ms. M. (insert קידרא) for R. himself they made a mush with flour of parched grains (v. חֲסִיסָא); ed. רבא … מחי לה וכ׳ (read ליה) R. himself had a mush made for himself &c. Ib. למֵימַח קדירא וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. למִמְחָה) to make a mush &c. (corresp. to h. מלל).—V. מֵיחָא. —2) to wipe off, blot out. Targ. Is. XXV, 8. Targ. Ex. XXXII, 32; a. fr. —3) to protest, v. infra.
Pa. - מָחֵי, , Af. אַמְחֵי 1) to protest, forewarn, interfere. Targ. Koh. VIII, 4.—B. Bath. 38ᵃ איבעי ליה למָחוּיֵי he ought to have entered a protest. Ib. 39ᵇ (למָחוּיֵ) למָחוּיֵי, v. מְחוּיָאתָא. Keth. 11ᵃ מְמָחְיָיא she may protest (against her conversion in childhood). Y. B. Bath. II, 13ᵇ bot. מַמְחִין וכ׳, v. מַסְמְרָא; a. e.—Ib. יכלין … למִימְחֵי בידהון their neighbors may inhibit them. —2) (denom. of מוּמְחֶה) to declare approved, to recognize as efficient. Sabb. 61ᵇ למחויי גברא (Ms. O. a. Rashi לאַמְחוּיֵי) so as to make the man an approved physician; למ׳ קמיע to consider the amulet as approved.
Ithpe. - אִיתְמְחֵי, אִיתְמַח, , אִימְּחֵי 1) to be wiped off;to be blotted out. Targ. II Kings XXI, 13. Targ. Ps. CIX, 13 יִתְמַח ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. יתמחי). Ib. 14; a. fr. —2) to be diluted, dissolved. Pes. 74ᵇ bot. חלא מִתְמְחָא Ms. M. 2 a. early eds. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. מִתְמְהָא; Ms. M. 1 אתמהא, corr. acc.) weak vinegar. Gitt. 69ᵃ אִיתְמוּחֵי אִיתְמַח (some ed. ה for ח) it (the liver) is dissolved. —3) to be declared approved (מוּמְחֶה). Sabb. l. c. א׳ גברא the person has become an approved physician; א׳ קמיע the amulet is considered approved. Ib. 61ᵃ עד דמִמְּחָא גברא ומִמְּחָא קמיע early ed. (later ed. דמומחה … ומומחה, read מי׳; Ms. O. איתמחי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1) until both, the person and the amulet, have been approved; a. e.