Jastrow: תרי

תרי, תָּרָה , Hif. הִתְרָה (sec. r. of ראה, cmp. זָהַר Hif.) to forewarn, esp. to inform a person about to commit a criminal act of the penalty which he will incur. Snh. V, 1 (to witnesses) הִתְרֵיתֶם בו have you warned him? Ib. 40ᵇ התריתם בו קיבל עליו וכ׳ did you warn him? did he accept the warning? did he surrender &c.?, v. נָתַר. Tosef. ib. XI, 1 בין שהִיתְרוּ בו כל וכ׳ whether all the witnesses against him or a part of them had warned him; עד שיַתְרוּ בו כל עדיו (he cannot be punished,) unless all his witnesses had warned him. Ib. 2 מַתְרִין בו ושותק וכ׳ if they warn him, and he keeps silence &c. Sifré Num. 113 (ref. Num. XV, 33) מגיד שהתרו בו מעין מלאכתו this intimates that they warned him, mentioning the nature of his labor (the category under which it comes), מכאן … שמַתְרִים בהם וכ׳ from this we learn that in all cases of principal labors intimated in the Torah warning must be given and the category must be defined. Ib. מלמד שהתרו בו וכ׳ this shows that they warned him (to stop), and then (when he persisted) they brought him before Moses. Snh. 9ᵇ שהיתרו בה אחרים ולא היתרו וכ׳ when others had warned her, but the witnesses had not; a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּתְרֶה, pl. מוּתְרִים, מוּתְרִין. B. Mets. 109ᵇ; B. Bath. 21ᵇ, v. שַׁתָּלָא.