תִּעְתֵּעַ (b. h.; cmp. תָּעָה) [to move to and fro,] to sport, trifle. Mekh. Bo, s. 13 מוציאין … ומְתַעְתְּעִין בהן they (the dogs) dragged their first-born out of their graves and sported with them; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 65ᵃ; Yalk. Ex. 186 ומתעדנין (corr. acc.). Midr. Prov. to X, 17 (ref. to מתעה ib.) כל תלמיד חכם … מְתַעְתֵּעַ במי וכ׳ a scholar that neglects the words of the Law is to be considered as one that trifles with him who spoke and the world arose; Yalk. Prov. 946.
תִּעְתֵּעַ
Gloss
תִּעְתֵּעַ (b. h.; cmp. תָּעָה ) [ to move to and fro ,] to sport, trifle . Mekh. Bo, s. 13 מוציאין … ומְתַעְתְּעִין בהן they (the dogs) dragged…
References
- Jastrow, תָּעָה 1
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 186:8
- Midrash Mishlei 10:1
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 946