A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/גזלא - גזר
out of his possession. Y. B. Mets. II, 8c וכ׳ גוי של גזילו what has been illegitimately taken from a gentile, is forbidden (must be restored). Y. Gitt. IV, 45c השבט ׳ מפני in order uo protect the (priestly) tribe from loss; Y. Orl. II, 61d' bot. השבט גיל מפני (corr. acc.); a. fr.
גזלא, גזלא גזילה, v. גזיל׳.
גזלי, Y. B. Mets. I, 8a bot. הדיינין ג׳, v. גוזל.
גזלן, גוזלן m. (גזל) robber. B. Kam. 62a (defn.) וכ׳ יהיב לא ג׳ .. . חמסן hamsan (violent man) is one who (takes by force and) pays; gazlan--- who takes without paying. Snh. 26b דאורייתא ג׳ a robber in the strict (Bib. lical) sense; דרבנן ג׳ a robber in a wider (Rabbinical) sense, e. g. a gambler &c.; ib. 25b. - Y. Snh. VIII, 26b he who takes an object in the presence ofwitnesses is called thief (גנב), he who takes in the owner's presence-- ׳ a. robber; v. B. Kam. 79b. Y. Kidd. II, 62b bot. המשנה כל וכ׳ he who changes the use of a loaned object without the owner's consent גו׳ נקרא is called a robber. Ib. I, 60c op גו׳; a. fr. - Pl. גזלנים, נזלנין, גגוזל׳. Snh. . c. Ib. 38a; a. fr.
גזלנא ch. same. B. Bath. 30b; a. e. Pl. גזלנין, גזלני. Snh. 26b. B. Kam. 79b.
גזלנות f. (preced.) robbery. B. Bath. 47a על הוחזק בג׳ זו שדה (not החזיק, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he is known as possessing this field through illegitimate means.
גזלנותא ch. same. Snh. 23b דג׳ ערער an objection raised against the fitness of witnesses on account of their illegitimate trade. Ib. 27a בג׳ פסלינהו they disqualified them by denouncing them for robbery.
גזלתא, v. גזילא.
גזם (v. גזז) to cut, trim. Pi. גזם 1) to cut branches off (for letting the sap drip), to tap. Ab. Zar. 50b מגזמין אין you must not tap (in the festive week or in the Sabbath year). -- 2) Trnsf. (cmp. b. h. קרן a. Targ. Prov. XVI, 30) to threaten mischief. Num. R. s. 14 לו מגמתלעשות שהיאwhich shewas threaten- ing to do unto him.
גזם, גזים ch. same, 1) to cut. Y. Orl. III, 63a top וכ׳ גזדם, v. נזיזה. - 2) to threaten. Targ. Prov. XVI, 30 (h. text קרץ). Shebu. 46a וכ׳ דגזים איניש עביד a man frequently threatens mischief and does not do it. Ib. הכי וכ׳ ג׳ נמי (not דג׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) in this case, too, he may have threatened and not done ii. -- 3) to speak hyperbolically. B. Mets. 104b, v. גוזמא..
*גזע (cmp. גדע) to cut of, lop off. [Gen. R. s. 12 גזעה קומתו, read נועה, v. גוע.]
גזע m. (b. h.; preced.) trunk, stem, stump; that which grows out of the trunk, shoot. B. Bath. V, 4 הג׳ מן העולה whatever shoots out of the trunk, opp. שרשים; defined ib. 82a הג׳ מן . . . שרואה כל whatever sees (when shooting) the light of day is 'from the geza' (and belongs to the owner of the tree). Ib. ג׳ לו אין דקל a date tree has no gcka, i. e. the purchaser of a date tree has no claim on shoots growing out of the trunk; ib. לבעל ג׳ לו אין ג׳ לו שאין לפי הדקל Ms. M. (ed. ג׳ מוציא שאין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the owner . . . . has no claim &c., be- cause the stump of a date-tree has no shoots. lIb. 80)b מחליף גזען אין their stump grows no new shoots. Nidd. 55a מחליף גזעו . . . . שער hair, if cut, grows again. Ib. מחליף ג׳ בשר flesh, if cut, regenerates; a. fr. - Trnsf. (of persons) ישישים ג׳ a shoot, offspring of worthy men M. Kat. 25b.
*גזף (cmp. קצף) to be wrath. - Ithpe. איגזף wrath is enkindled. Ab. Zar. 55a וכ׳ מטרא אתי ולא בעלמא מגזם דכי Ar. where, when the world is cursed, and no rain comes, he (the idol) appears to them in a dream &c.; [Ms. M. מנדיף, Ag. Hatt. עלמא מינזף, v. נזף; En Yakob עלמא מנגיב, v. נגב; ed. למיטרא עלמ׳ מצטריך דכי].
גזר (b. h.; v. גזז; cmp. גדר) 1) to cut; v. גוזר. - 2) to cut off, to guard; v. גיזרה a. גזרה; -- ttrnsf. to institute a pre- cautionary measure (גזרה); to enact a prohibition, to decree (mostly in a restrictive sense). Sabb. I, 4 . . ושמנה ביום בו גזרוו they issued eighteen enactments on that day. Ib. 14b וכ׳ על טומאה ג׳ declared metal vessels (of gentiles) unclean(evenwhen broken and remolten, v. ib. 16b). Ib. 17b וכ׳ משום פתן על גזרו they prohibited their (the gentiles') bread in order to prevent the use of their oil &c. Ib. 30a גזירה גוזר בו״ד מלך a mortal king issues a decree. Ber. 61b וכ׳ שלא ישראל על שמד הרשעה מלכות גזרה MsנM. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the wicked (Roman) government decreed religious persecution over Israel, that they should not study the Law &c. R. Hash. 18b תענית גזרו they ordered a public fast. Ib. II, 9 וכ׳ עליך גוזרני I order thee to come to me &c. Yoma 67b (ref. to גזרה, Lev. XVI, 22) וכ׳ גזרתיו ה׳ אני I, the Lord, have ordained it; a. v. fr. Nif. נגזר to be decreed, ordained. R. Hash. 17b נגזרה גזירה it has been decreed. Ber. 58b; a. fr. Hithpa. התגזר 1) to be cut to pieces. Yoma l. c. (ref. to גזרה, Lev. l. c.) המתגזר דבר where an oblect thrown down is shattered to pieces. [2) to be cut of, be steep. Ib. Ms. 2 המתג׳ מקום a steep place.]
גזר.ch. same, 1) to cut, split. Targ. Ps. LXXIV, 13 (h. text פרר). Targ. Y. Lev. XXV, 3 sq. (h. text זמר); a. e. - B. Kam. 81b וכ׳ לשקך גזרתינהו ed. (Ar. גזרית, Ms. R. גזרי, Ms. F. אגזרתינהו Af.) I should have split thy shoulder with the iron weapon (i. e. should have excom- municated thee). -- קיימא ג׳ to make a covenant (h. כרת ברית). Targ. Gen. XV, 18; a. fr. - 2) to circumcise, have one's self circumcised. Targ. Gen. XVII, 10; 11; a. fr. -- Targ. Y. Lev. XIX, 23 גזרא ׳ (h. text ערלה ערל, v. ערלה). -- Part. pass. נזיר, pl. גזירין. Targ. Y. Gen. XVII, 13. Targ. Josh. V, 5; a. e. -- Macc. 11a (prov.) גזיר ומבגאי נסיב שכם (en. R. s. 80 קטע ומגבאי) Shechem wants to marry (Dinah), and Mabgai (his subject) must submmit to cir- cumcision. Gen. R. l. c. גזור be thou circumcised. Y. Kidd. III, 64d bot. וכ׳ מיגזור מהו how about circumcising . . on the Sabbath Y. Sabb. XIX, 16d bot. עובדא ליה הוה