מִפְתָּח m. (b. h.; פָּתַח) opening, entrance. Mikv. VIII, 1 חוץ למ׳ (Var. לפתח) outside of the (town) gate; Tosef. ib. VI, 1 (R. S. to Mikv. l. c. פתח).—Pesik. R. s. 37 מִפְתַּח שפתיו וכ׳ the opening of his lips is blessing and peace. Sabb. XV, 2 (111ᵇ) מ׳ חלוקה (Y. ed. מפתחי) the neekhole of her shirt; Y. ib. 15ᵇ; a. e.—Pl. מִפְתָּחִים, constr. מִפְתְּחֵי. Ber. 61ᵃ bot. יה"ר דומה … בין שני מ׳ הלב man’s evil inclination resembles a fly and is seated between the two valves of the heart; Yalk. Koh. 979; Yalk. Gen. 38.—מ׳ חלוק, v. supra.
מִפְתָּח
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מִפְתָּח m. (b. h.; פָּתַח ) opening, entrance . Mikv. VIII, 1 חוץ למ׳ (Var. לפתח ) outside of the (town) gate; Tosef. ib. VI, 1 (R. S. to Mikv. l.…
References
- Jastrow, פָּתַח 1
- Mishnah Mikvaot 8:1
- Tosefta Mikvaot 6:1
- Pesikta Rabbati 37:1
- Mishnah Shabbat 15:2
- Shabbat 111b:8
- Berakhot 61a:27
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 38:1