סִכְסֵךְ I (b. h.; Pilp. of סָכַךְ I) 1) to be caught; to stick. Nidd. 25ᵇ מביא … אם מְסַכְסֵךְ וכ׳ one takes a chip with a smooth head and introduces it at the place of the genitals (of a miscarried foetus), and if it gets caught (that it can proceed no farther), it is sure to be a male foetus. —2) toentangle, snare. Gen. R. s. 67 ועופות ומְסַכְסְבָן וכ׳ and (he hunted) birds and ensnared them, but an angel came and freed them; Yalk. Prov. 950.—Part. f. מְסַכְסֶכֶת (sub. סַכִּין) a slaughtering knife having an indentation which catches the nail passing in one direction, contrad. to אוגרת which catches the nail in either direction. Ḥull. 17ᵇ Ar. (ed. מְסוּכְסֶכֶת part. pass.).
סִכְסֵךְ I
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סִכְסֵךְ I (b. h.; Pilp. of סָכַךְ I ) 1) to be caught; to stick . Nidd. 25ᵇ מביא … אם מְסַכְסֵךְ וכ׳ one takes a chip with a smooth head and…
References
- Jastrow, סָכַךְ I 1
- Niddah 25b:8-9
- Bereishit Rabbah 67
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 950
- Jastrow, מְסַכְסֶכֶת 1
- Jastrow, סַכִּין 1
- Jastrow, אוֹגֶרֶת 1
- Chullin 17b
- Jastrow, מְסוּכְסָךְ 1