בטינין, v. בטנון.
בטינתא, Targ. Jud. XV, 15, v. טינתא.
בטל I (b. h.; v. בטי) [to be hollow]; 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth. 103b בטלה קדישה sanctity of life ceased; [oth. opin. ; the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.]. Ab. V, 16 בטלה דבר ב׳. וכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead העולם מן וב׳ ועבר and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y. Meg. I, 70d top, a. e. תענית מגלת בטלה the Scroll of Pasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enum- erated therein are no more observed). Sot. IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. -- 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 וכ׳ מן בטלת אם if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 מדת בוטל he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נבטל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y. Meg. I, 70d bot. ליבטל עתידין (=להיבטל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt. 32a, v. infra. -- 2) to be excused, be ex- empt. Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man ממנה להבטל so as to be exempt from life's duties. -- 3) to remain single. Gitt. IV, 5 (41b) יבטל shall he never marry ? Pi. ביטל, בטל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 וכ׳ רצונך בטל set aside thy will for the sake of the Lord's will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 וכ׳ המבטל he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot. IX, 10 (47a) בטל הוא אף המעוררין את he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. ערר. Sabb. 63a מבטלה he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert God's evil decree). Mekh. B'shall., Amalek, 2, v. איפטיקוס. Macc. 24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מבטלה אינו why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?-- Gitt. IV, 1 לבטלו יכול איו שוב he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובטלו and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b דיבור ומבטל דיבור אתי a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word. -- Ab. Zar. IV, 4 (42b) an iidolator(gentile) וכ׳ שלו אליל מבטל may(by mutil- ation &c.) cancel his own or his neigbor's idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefitsfromiidolatrous paraphernalia), but anlsraelite cannot &c. Ib. וכ׳ ב׳ אליל המב׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same ttime cancelled its attachments; a. fr. --- רשות ב׳ to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from one's own place to one common to several persons, may be permmitted. Erub. VI, 7 רשותו את מבטל he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עירוב) must resign his share in the com- mon property. Ib. 68b ומב׳ וחוזרין מבטלין you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr. -- המן ב׳ tto renounce (by declaration) the po8- session of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in one's possession. Pes. 6b צריך הבודק שיבטלafter one has searched the house for leavened things, he must renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr. -- Part. pass. מבוטל, f. מבוטלת. Erub. 69b מב׳ רשותי לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath pur- poses). Gitt. 32a if a recipient says, מב׳ זו מתנה 'this donation be voie, תיבטל ssshall be void, opp. to בטלה היא is a void one', i e. has been annulled. -- Eduy. I, ; Gitt. 36b, a. fr. וכ׳ לב׳ יכול ב״ד אין no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless &c. -- 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food &c. in a. certain quantity. Hull. 108a ומבטלו . . . מינו ושאינו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevail- ing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. -- 3) to disturb, cause suspense, inter- fere with. Erub. 63b; Meg. 3a וכ׳ ביטלתם ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr. - Ber. II, 5 וכ ממני לבטל to suspend (shake of) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Htif. הבטיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ. V, 5 וכ׳ העם את להבטיל to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. התבטל, נתבטל to be interrupted &c., v. Nif. -- Tan. d'be El. I, 5; II, 3.
בטל, בטיל ch. same; 1) as h. Kal 1). Targ. Lam. V, 15; a. e. -- Sot. 33a וכ׳ עבידתא בטילת the decree en- forcing idol worship in the Temple has been repealed. Meg. Taan. XI on the twenty second (of Shebat) עבידתא ב׳ was the decree &c. revoked. Sabb. 139a, Snh. 98a בטלי אי וכ׳; v. אמגושא. R. Hash. 18b אדכרתא בטילת (Meg. Taan. VII אתנטילת, read אתב׳), v. אדכרתא; a. fr. -- 2) as h. Kal 2). Targ. Y. Ex. XVII, 1 [read:] אידיהון דבטיל when their hands were lazy &c. -- Part. pass. בטיל annulled; neutralieed (in a larger quantity, v. preced. Pi.). Hull. 100a, a. fr. (in Hebr. phraseol.) ב׳ לא במינו מין in a mixture of homogeneons things (of which one is forbidden) the rule of neutralization by quantity takes no effect. Ib. 99a ב׳ ברובא it is neutralized in any larger quantity (than the forbidden ingredient); a. fr. - Ib. 100a top ותבטיל, v. Ithpe. Pa. בטיל as h. Pi. Targ. Ps. XXXIII, 10 (some ed. in- corr. בטיל); a. e. -- Erub. 66b ניבטיל למאן to whom should he resign his right of usage (for Sabbath purposes)? וכ׳ ליבטיל shall he resign &c.? Ib. 67a מבטיל . . בטולי. Pes. 6b לבטליה let him renounce it (the leavened thing). Ib. בארבע וניבטליה let him renounce it at four hours of the day. Gitt. 36b אבטליניה I would repeal it (that law). Ib. 32a בטליה דבטולי that he revoked it (the letter of divorce); a. fr. Af. אבטיל 1)=Pa. Targ. Y. Gen. VI, 7 אבטיל I will undo (h. text אמחה); a. e. - 2)=h. Hif. Targ. Is. XXX, 11 מ־ אבטלונא make ye us free from tradition. Ithpe. אתבטיל, contr. איבטיל. 1) to be abolished, re- moved, undone. Targ. Job XVII, 11; a. fr. -- Gitt. 32ab בטל has two meanings דליבטיל ומשמע דבטל משמע it may mean 'it is void', and may mean 'be it declared void'. Hull. 100a ברובא ותבטיל (or ותבטיל) let it be neutralized
