מַכְתֵּשׁ m. (b. h.; כָּתַשׁ) 1) mortar. Y. Peah II, 17ᵃ top, v. כָּתַשׁ. —2) mortar-shaped cavity; —3) jaw. Gen. R. s. 98 (expl. Jud. XV, 19) המקום ההוא מ׳ שמו that place was named Makhtesh (Cavity); ib. מלמד שהביא לו וכ׳ it intimates that the Lord opened to him a spring from between his (the ass’) teeth (taking מ׳ as jaw). —4) an instrument of torture. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VII, 8, v. פֶּתִי. Pesik. Shek. p. 15ᵃ, v. חֲמוֹר.
מַכְתֵּשׁ
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מַכְתֵּשׁ m. (b. h.; כָּתַשׁ ) 1) mortar . Y. Peah II, 17ᵃ top, v. כָּתַשׁ . —2) mortar-shaped cavity ; —3) jaw . Gen. R. s. 98 (expl. Jud. XV, 19 )…
References
- Jastrow, כָּתַשׁ 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Peah 2:3:2
- Bereishit Rabbah 98:13
- Judges 15:19
- Jastrow, מ׳ 1
- Tosefta Keilim Metsia 7:8
- Jastrow, פֶּתִי 1
- Jastrow, חֲמוֹר 1