צְמַת ch. same 1) to contract, detain; to reduce a swelling.—Ḥull. 93ᵇ מִצְמַת צָמְתֵי ליה they have the effect of condensing the surface of the flesh (binding the blood in the veins). Sot. 20ᵇ פחדא צָמֵית, v. בִּיעֲתוּתָא. Sabb. 109ᵃ קא צמית ליה בחלא was bathing his foot in vinegar (on the Sabbath) to reduce the swelling; a. e. —2) to assemble, meet. Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ top גזר עליהון וצָמְתוּן he conjured them (the mice), and they came together.
Pa. - צַמֵּית,
Af. - אַצְמֵית to assemble, call, summon to a meeting. Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ top מַצְמֵית וכ׳ (or מְצַמֵּית), v. סְכַן II. Y. Succ. V, beg. 55ᵃ ר׳ לוי … מיעול מְצַמְּתָא קהלא וכ׳ R. L. and R. J. … received (alternately) two Selas to go around and call the congregation together for R. J. (to listen to his lecture); Gen. R. s. 98 למצמתא (not צמצ׳). Gen. R. s. 22 עד … מצמית לון while he was collecting them (picking up the scattered loaves). Y. Sot. I, 17ᵇ bot. אזל וצַמֵּת ליה וכ׳ he (Absalom) went and summoned (to accompany him) two men at a time, until he had collected two hundred men; Num. R. s. 9. Y. Kidd. IV, end, 66ᵈ ומצמית ליה פריטין and saved a little money.
Ithpa. - אִצְטַמֵּת,
Ithpe. - אִצְטְמִית 1) to be gathered together, meet. Snh. 109ᵇ יומא דהוו מִצְטַמְּתִין קמת וכ׳ Ar. (missing in ed.) on that day when the Korahites were to meet, she (On’s wife) arose and gave him wine to drink &c. —2) to be pressed, want. Lam. R. to I, 1 (רבתי) אִצְטְמִיתִינָן Ar., v. צַמְצֵם.