A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/דלסתי - דם
דלס Gen. XXI, 23, Arab. dallasa) adulteration, fraud.. V., however, דלם. [V. Frinkel Aram. Fremdw. p. 188.]
דלסתי, v. דלתא.
דלעת f. (דלע, cmp. דלי a. זלוע)[bottle-shaped,] gourd, a general name for cucumbers, pumpkins &c. (v. Sm. Ant. s. vv. Colocynthe a. Colocynthis). Kil. I, 2 וכ׳ מצרית ד׳ Ms. M. (ed. המצרי, corr. acc.) Egyptian gourd and the Bitter-gourd may be planted together (v. כלאים. Ned. VI, 1 הרמוצה דלעת, variously explained ib. 51a; Y. Kil. I, 27a top; a. fr. -- Sot. 16a כד׳ מגלחו he shaves his body as smooth as a gourd; Y. Kidd. I, 59d toop כדלת (corr. acc.). Pl. דלועים, דלועין, דיל׳. Sabb. XXIV, 4. Ned. VII, 1;a. fr. -- Tosef. Maasr. III, 14 דללועות. - Erub. 104a דלעיו, v. מדלעת.
דלף (b. h.; cmp. זלף) to drip. Bekh. 44a his eyes are וכ׳ דדוופות דומעות tearing, dripping or running.
דלף ch. same. Targ. Prov. XIX, 13 דלף (Var. דליף). - Sabb. 43a דדלפי דשכיחי which are liable to have leaky roofs.
דלף m. (preced.) drippings from the roof; leak in the roof. Bets. V, 1; Sabb. 43a. Pes. 39b ד׳ לתוכו שנפל on which the drippings from the roof have fallen. Makhsh. IV, 48q.; a. e.
דלפא, דל׳, דיל׳ ch. same. Targ. Prov. XIX, 13; XXVII, is. - Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 55c top; Lam. R. to I 1 רבתי (כות׳ חד 1).
דלפה, דיל׳ f. (preced.) ד׳ בית receptacle of drip- pings, name of the second roof of the Temple made for protection against an eventual leak in the upper roof. Midd. IV, 6 (Maim. הדליפה).
דלפקי, דלופקי f. (~~~~~~=~~~~~, delphica, sub. mensa) delphica, a three-legged table used as a toilet table or a waiter, contrad. fr. שלחן eating table (v. Becker Gallus, ed. Gcll II, p. 354). Kel. XXV, 1. Ib. XXII, 1; Tosef. ib. B. Bath. I, 9 דולפני (corr. acc.). Ab. Zar. V, 5 (69) דלפ׳ Ar. (Ms. M. דלוב׳, ed. דולב׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Y. Dem. VI, 25d statuary made ד׳ כמין like a kind of delphica (for practical use and not for idol worship, cmp. בסיס). *פEx. R. s. 43 לד׳ מגפפת hugging the statuary figure supporting a delphica (Nnm. R. s. 2 סריס).- Pl. דלפקיות. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42c bot.
דלק, דליק (b. h.) 1) to burn; to be illumined. Gen. R. s. 39 saw a castle דולקת ighted. B. Kam. VI, 5 ודלקו and they caught fire. Y. Sabb. II, beg. 4c דליקה והיא והולכת that it may continue to burn. Ib.d דליקין are burning. -- Part. pass. דלוק entkindled, burning. Gen. R. s. 11 ד׳ אותו מצאתי (Yalk. ib. 16 דולק) I found it still burning. Midr. Till. to Ps. VII, 14 (ref. to לדלקים ib.) עליהם ד׳ שלבם (Yalk. a. l. דולק) whose hearts within them are burning (with lust). - Loam. R. to IV, 19 [read ] שהיו מעביות אחריהם דולקין (Koh. R. to V, 2 דלק שמשליכין אחריהם) they (the Romans) sent fire after them from their engines (tormenta), v. עבית. -- 2) to pursue eagerly. Lam. R. . c. ישראל של דולקיהם (Koh. R. . c. רודפ׳; Midr. Till. l. c. שונאין) lsrael's persecutors. Nif. נדלק to be burnt, destroyed by fire. Orl. III, 1 ידלק; ידלקו must be burnt. Ib. 2 sq.; a. fr. -- Y. B. Kam. IV, 5c top לידלק דרכן liable to take fire. Hif. הדליק to kindle, light. Sabb. II, 1 מדליקין במה what material may be used for the Sabbath lights? Ib. 7 וכ׳ הדליקו ight the lamps. Y. ib. II, 4c bot.; Y. Ter. XI, 48b top וכ׳ להדליק באה she came to get a light from a priest's wife; a. fr. - V. הדלקה.
דלק, דליק ch. same; 1) to burn. Targ. Am. V, 6; a. e. - Meg. 12b חמתיה ביה דלקה Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.)xבו בערה חמתו (Esth. I, 12). -- 2) to pursue, v. infra. Af. אדליק 1) to kindle a light, start a fire. Targ. Num. VIII, 2. Targ. Ex. XXII, 5; a. e. - Sabb. 22b ואדלוקי and kindle (the chip). Ib. bot. דאדלקה הוא לצורכו he lighted it for his use. Ib. 23a וכ׳ עלי מדליקי they light the Hanuckah lamps in my behalf at home; a. e. -- 2) to pursue. Targ. Lam. IV, 19. [Ib. III, 66 תדלוק׳, read תדלוק׳ or תדליק׳]
דלק m. (preced.) light, burning material, wick, wood &c. Y. Sabb. II, beg., 4c הד׳ ברוב האור הוצת לא the larger portion of the burning material was not enkindled (on the entrance of the Sabbath). Midd. I, 4 הד׳ שער the Temple gate by which the burning material was brought in. Koh. R. to V, 2, v. דלק.
דלקטירין, v. כולקטרין.
דלקת f. (b. h.; דלק) fever. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41a bot.
דלקתא, דלקתא, דלק׳, v. דליקתא.
דלריא, v. דרריא.
דל״ת Dmleth, the fourth letter of the Alphabeth. Sabb. 104a, v. גימ״ל. Y. ib. VII, 10d top וכ׳ ד׳ היה if one changed a Daleth into a Resh. Maas. Sh. IV, 11 דמאי ד׳ the mark Daleth intimates that the contents are D'mai (v. דמאי); Tosef. ib. V, 1; Y. ib. IV, 55b top. Y. Snh. X, 28b top; a. fr. -- Pl. דל״תים, תיןrדל״. Sifre Deut. 36; Sabb. 103b.
דלת f. (b. h.; דלל) door, id on hinges, shutter. Erub. 101a, v. אלמנה. - לוין בפני ד׳ נעל to shut tthe door to borrowers, to render credit difficult. Snh. 32a; a. fr. -- B. Kam. 80b וכ׳ הננעלת ד׳ a door once shut is not easily opened, i. e. it requires ardent prayer to regain divine grace after a calamity has set in; a. fr. -- Tosef. Kel. B. Mets VI, 7 ד׳ של onn hinges, v. מסחיט. -- Pl. דלתות, constr. דלתות. Sabb. XVII, 1. Lev. R. s. 14 וכ׳ ד׳ יש a woman's womb has doors (muscles, ref. to Job III, 10); a. fr. --- Par. III, 2; Tosef ib. III (II), 2 ד׳ גביהן על a seat of boards on hinges upon the backs of the oxen; Succ. 21a. -- Yoma 9b כד׳ vacillating like doors, v. דלות. [Y. Kidd. I, 59d top, v. דלעת]
*דלתא ch. same. Pl. constr. דלתתי. Targ. Job III, 91o) דשי דהנון דלתתי, a gloss to פאתי or פרתי. [Ed. Lag. דלסתי; Ms. וליסתיי.] *דלתותא, Targ. Prov. XIx, 14 Var. (v. ed. Iag. I. p. XIIa), a corruption of ירותתא.