A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/נחלא - נחמם
וכ׳ ׳ והוא לאלוה להק״בה they adopted the Lord as God, and he adopted them as a people; ib. נחלתי ממתנה לאל through the gift (of the well in the desert) Iadopted God; אותו נחלתי הבאר הקבה לי שנתן מתוך (ed. Bub.) because the Lord gave me the well as a gift, I adopted him; Erub. 54a אל נחלו במתנה לו שניתנה וכיוון and since itt (the Law) is given him as a gift, the Lord claims him as his own; a. fr. Hif. הנחיל to transmit by legal succession; to give in possession. B. Bath. l. c., v. supra. Tosef. B. Mets. XI, 32, a. fr. וכ׳ ה׳ כן מנת שעל for Joshua gave possession of the land with such provisions (restricting the rights of owner- ship). bkts.III, 12 וכ׳ להנחיל הקב״ה עתיד (Snh. 100a ליתן) the Lord will in the hereafter give every righteous man possession of &c. B. Bath. 114b בקבר אמו את יורש הבן אין וכ׳ להנחיל a son in the grave does not succeed his mother so as to transmit his estate to his paternal brothers; a. frs.
נחלא, v. חל ch.
נחלה f. (b. h.; חול) [turn, lot,] inheritance, right of succession. B. Bath. VIII, 4 ב׳ הבת ואחד הבן אחד the same law of succession applies to sons and (eventually) to daughters (v. ib. 122b). Bekh. VIII, 1, v. בכור. Midr. Till. to Ps. V, 1 (play on נחילות ib.) וכ׳ שנחלתם הנ׳ על for the possession wwhich you took from me, and for the pos- session which I took from you; a. fr. -Trnsf. the central sanctuary at Shiloh or aterusalem. Tosef. Zeb. XIII, 20; Zeb. 119a, sq.; Meg. 10a, contrad. to מנוחה. -- Pl. נחלות. B. Bath. VIII, 2 וכ׳ ׳ סדר the following is the order of succession (among relatives). Ib. 117a ׳ מכל זו נחלה משונה שבעולם this division of inheritance (after the conquest of Canaan) is different from all other successions; a. fr. -- Yalk. Ps. 629, v. נהילה.
נחם (b. h.; cmp. נוח) to be at ease. Ex. R. s. 20 (homi- letic interpret. of נחם, Ex. XIII, 17)מתנח איני הקביה אמר וכ׳ the Lord said, I shall not be contented, until &c., for we read נחם ולא (perhaps meant for נחם Nif.). Pi. ניחם to cosmmfort, censole. Pesik. Nah., p. 128a א״ל וננחמנה נלך ואתם אני הקב״׳ה the Lord said to them (the prophets), Myself and you, let us go and comfort her (Jerusalem); ib. וכ׳ עמי נחמוה comfort her, O my people; comfort her, you on bigh (angels) &c. Ib. שלחני הקבה לנחמן אצלך tthe Lord sent me o tthee (Jerusalem) to comfort thee. Ib.b עמי נחמוני נהמוני comfort me, comfort me, O my people. Pesik. R. s. 30 לנחמו חביריו ונכנסו and his friends came in to comfort him; מנחמים אשתו על אם וכ׳ לו if it is for the loss of his wife that they seek to console him, and he refuses to be consoled &c. Midd. II, 2 ינחמך הזה בבית השוכן may He who resides in this house console thee. Y. Gitt. V, 47c top; Y. Dem. IV, 24a bot. וכ׳ אבילי ומנחמין and you must comfort the gentile mourners (of your place) as well as the Jewish mourners; Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39c bot. ניחמים (corr. acc.); Tosef. Gitt. V (III), 5; a. fr. מנחם־ the consoling friend of the mourner. Yalk. Prov. 947 יש . . לאבל ויהיב מנ׳ פריס בחול האבל בבית וכ׳ מנ׳ פרים מנ׳ לה in the house of the mourner, on week days, the comforter breaks the bread and gives it to the mourner, as it is written (Lam. I, 17), ion breaks (the bread) with her own hands, she has no comforter, but if she had a comforter, the comforter would break itt &c. - Pl. מנחמים, מנהמין. M. Kat. 27a המנ׳ בית the room where the comforters meet. Ib,b וכ׳ מנ׳ אין . . שניענע כיון as soon as the mourner nods with his head (indicating that he accepts their consolations), the friends are no longer per- mitted to sit with him; a. fr. - Sabb. 152a מ׳ לו שאין מת a deceased person that leaves no direct relations to be comforted. Nif. נחם, Hitthpa. התנחם, Nithpa. נתנחם 1 to be com- forted, acceptt oonsolation. Pesik. l. c. להנחם צריך מי which of them is in need of being comforted?; ib. להתנחם. Snh. 19a תתנחמו be comforted. Ib. מאחרים מתנחם receiving consolations from others. Pesik. R. l. c. מתנחם ואינו, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 84 וכ׳ המתים על מתנהמים people accept consolation for dead persons but not for living ones (that have disappeared); a. fr. --Ib. s. 27 (expl. וינחם, Gen. VI, 6) וכ׳ שבראתי אני מתנ׳ I have that consolation that Icreated him (man) to live on earth below &c. -- 2) to seek com- fort; to be sorrry, regret, reconsider. Ib. שעשיתו אני מת׳ וכ׳ I regret that I made him, and. that he was placed on earth. Ex. R. s. 45, beg. עליו מתנ׳ ואני and Iam sorry for him (reconsider my judgment). Num. R. s. 23 (ref. to Num. XXIII, 19) להנחם אותו עשה עמרם בן לא did not the son of Amram cause him (God) to reconsider (Ex. XXXII, 14);ib. להתנחם; Y. Taan. I, 65bbbot. שיתנחם לאל שעשה; a. fr..
נחם, נחים ch. same. [Targ. Y. II Gen. XXXV, 9 חימת; some ed., read; נחימת Pa.; v. גרם I.] Pa. נחים, נהם to comfort. Targ. Gen. L, 21 נחם ed. Bel. (v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 18). Targ. Is. LXI, 2; a. fr. - Targ. Job II, 11 לנחמותיה to comfort him. - Part. מנחם, pl.מנחמין, v. preced. Targ. II Sam. X, 3. -lKeth. 8b אתא וכ׳ צעורי לנחועי he came to console, and he grieved him? Y. Shek. V, 48d bot., a. e. מנחמתיה בעי desired to comfort him. Snh. 19a וכ׳ אחריני מנחמי כי when others comfort him; a. fr. Ithpa. אתנחם as preced. Nif. Targ. Job XLII, 6;a. fr. - Y. l. c. מתנחמה עלוי קביל ולא and would not allow himself to be comforted; a. e.
נחמה f. (b. h.; preced.) consolation, relief. Taan. 11b צבור בנחמת יראה אל (Yalk. Ex. 264 בנחמות, l.) shall not live to see the relief of the community. Pes. 54b (man does not know) הנ׳ יום what day his relief from trouble will come; a. fr. - Esp. הנ׳ the comfort (of Zion), restom- ration ofsradd. Macc. 5b, a. fr. (a euphemistic affirmation) וכ׳ לא בנ׳ אראה may I not live to see the consolation, if &c. -- Pl. נחמות. Y. Ber. V, beg. 8d the prophets שהיו ׳ ובדברי . .. . חותמין who closed their books with words of praise and of consolation (predictions of relief; Bab. ib. 31a תנחומים); a. e.
נחמותא, lndn. Pa. of חם q. v.
נחמיה (b. h.) Nehemiah, 1) N., son of Hacaliah, governor of Judea. Sabb. 123b. Snh. 93b; a. e. --2) name of several Tannaim and Amoraim. Yeb. XVI, 7 N. of Beth-Dcli. -Ter. VIII, 6, a. fr. R. N. - Men. 68b Judah ben N. -- Pes. 22b, a. fr. העמסוני ׳. --- Y. Ber. III, 6a (some ed. 113