מוֹץ m. (b. h.; מָצַץ) [sucked out, dry,] chaff. Midr. Till. to Ps. I, 4 אם תאמר כמ׳ שבבקעה וכ׳ you might think ‘like the chaff’ in the valley in which there is yet some moisture &c. Gen. R. s. 83, end התבן והקש והמ׳ וכ׳ the straw, the stubble and the chaff were disputing with one another. Midr. Till. to Ps. II; a. e.—[Tosef. Ter. III, 17 מן המ׳ ed. Zuck. from the grain before it is threshed; v., however, עֲרֵימָה.]
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מוֹץ m. (b. h.; מָצַץ ) [ sucked out, dry ,] chaff . Midr. Till. to Ps. I, 4 אם תאמר כמ׳ שבבקעה וכ׳ you might think ‘like the chaff’ in the valley in…
References
- Jastrow, מָצַץ 1
- Midrash Tehillim 1:18
- Bereishit Rabbah 83
- Midrash Tehillim 2
- Tosefta Terumot 3:17
- Jastrow, עֲרֵימָה 1