favor him (if he is thy friend); a. fr. -- Num. R. s. 9 במקום
שמכיר where he knows (the people), where he is ac-
quainted; Sifre Num. 14 אותו שמכירין במקום. -- 2)to make
known, identify; to acknowledge, aiwn. R. Hash. l. c. מן
המכירים on the declaration of those who identify (the
witnesses; vv. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2). Gen. R. s. 43 היה לא
וכ׳ אותי והערת. . ניכר שמי my name was unlhhnown . .. and.
thou hast made me known among my creatures. Sifre
Deut. 217; Kidd. 78b, a. e. (ref. to יכיר, Deut. XXI, 17)
לאחרים יבירנו he may identify him before others (as his
first born son). Sifre Deut. 312 מכירו שאהיה that Imay
make it known as mine. Ib. חלקו את מיר המקום מהיכן
beginning with whom does the Lord acknowledge his
share (claim as his)? With Jacob; a. fr.
Hof. הוכר to be recognised; to be discernible. Kidd.
III, 5 עוברה ה׳ her pregnancy was certain, v. הכרה; ib.
62b. B. Mets. 93b הגנב ה׳ the thief was found out; a. e.
Nif. ניכר same. Part. ניכר. Ber. 28a ׳ אתה . . מכותלי
וכ׳ by the walls of thy house, one sees that thou art a
smith. Kidd. 31a וכ׳ ׳ דברך מסוף from thy last words (the
fifth and following commandments of the decalogue) it
is seen that thy first one is true. Ib. ׳ עיניך ריסי מבין,
v. דיס. Gitt. 53a ׳ שפאאינו, v. היזק. Sabb. 91b ׳ מקומו its
location is discernible. Sot. 9b אמת דברי ניכרין words of
truth are easily recognized. Gen. R. s. 43, v. supra; a. fr.
Pi. נכר to treat as a tranger, gnore; to discriminate
against. Snh. l. c. (ref. to Deut. I, 17) תנכרהו לא (if he is
thy enemy) do not discriminate against him (v. supra).
Sifre Deut. 322 וכ׳ מגכרים. .. בששעת whensrael is in trouble,
the nations ignore them and act as though they did not
know them; a. e.
נכר ch. same; Af. אכר to recognize, know. Targ. Y. I Gen. XXXVIII, 25, sq. tthpa. אינכר to be distinguishable. B. Kam. 5a דמינכרא, v. היזקא. Ib. 97a היזיקה מינכר its reduction in value is distinguishable. Pa. נער to make strange, remove. Sabb. 82b (ref. to תזרם, Is. XXX, 22) עזר מינך נכרינהו (v. Rabb. D. S. a... note) remove them from thee like a strange (disgusting) thing.
נכרי m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) stranger, gentile. [In editions published under the censor s supervision, our w. is frequently changed into עכולים, גוי, עושי, כותי &c.] Ab. Zar. IV, 4(51b; 52b; Mish. ed. עכום). Sabb. 31a; a. v. fr. - Pl. נכרים. Hull..13b וכ׳ ע עובדו לארילאו שבחוצה נ׳entiles outside of Palestine are not to be considered as idolaters, they only continue their fathers customs. Gitt. 61a מפרנסין וע׳ ׳ עניי we must support the poor of the gentiles &c.; (Tosef. ib. V (II), 4 גוים). Gitt. V, 9(61a) וכ׳ ׳ מתי מספידין (Mish. ed. עכו״׳ם) we must lament for the dead of the gentiles &c.; a. v. fr. - Fem. נכרית. Yeb. 17a. Ib. III, 7שלשה ו׳ נשוי ואחד אחים in the case of three brothers, ttwo of whom married ttwo sisters, and one a stranger ; a. frs.
ננכש (cmp. כשכש, קשקש) to come in near contact. Pi. ניעש (denom. of מכוש I) to weed; to lop. Kil. II, 5 לנכש אותו מחייבין אין the law does not bind him to pluck out (the plants which grow among the fenugrec). Ib. נכש ואם (Y. ed, ני׳) but if he did &c. Tosef. ib. I, 15 והמנכש and he who does the weeding (in a field of mixed seeds); M. Kat. 2b; a. fr. [B. Bath. 54a Ms. R., v. מכוש I.] Hif. הכיש 1) to strike, wound, sting. B. Mets. 30b; B. Bath. 88a הכישה iff he struck the lost beast which he took in charge. Gen. R. s. 30, beg. וכ׳ ארי הכישו a lion struck and crippled him. B. Mets. 78a נחש הכישה a serpent bit her. -- 2) to cause inyury by contact. B. Kam. 23b מילש (Ms. H, משין) he who caused a neighbors death by bringing the serpent's tooth in contact with his neighborr's body; Snh. 78a. Yalk. Deut. 944 ששמכישין, v. קונטרינים; Sifre Deut. 37 שמכינים (corr. acc.). --3) (denom. of מעוש I) to insert the hoe or spade. B. Bath. 54a, v. מוש I. Hithpa. התנכש, Nif. נכוש to be hoed for. Gen. R. s. 5 וכ׳ נזרעין ולא מתנכשין לא . . הקוצים for thorns there is neither hoeing (digging over) nor sowing, but they grow of themselves, while wheat &c.; Yalk. ib. 79 נכושין לא וכ׳ נחרשים ולא neither digging, norr ploughing, nor sow- ing &c.
נכש ch. same; Pa. נכיש to bite. Gen. R. s. 91 . כן וכ׳ ואכלה . . . מגפפשא so may this woman (I) take a bite of the fesh of this and eat; (Yalk. Gen. 148 only אכלה); v. נכת. Af. אנכיש to weed. B. Mets. 105a וכ׳ מנכישנא I shall weed as much as is required for thy share.
נכש m. (preced.) he who lops trees; v. ניכוש.
נכת (v. next w.) to bite. Cant. R. to III, 4; v. נכיתה.
נכת, נכית (cmp. כתת; v. נכש) to wound, bite, inure. Targ. Num. XXI, 9. Ib. 6 (ed. Berl. נכיתו Pa.); a. fr. -- Gen. R. s. 98 וכ׳ למיכת דבעי חיויא the serpent that is to bite my son. Y. Peah I, 16a bot. [read;] . . דאתאמר אילולי נכית הוינא לא נכות had I not been told from on high, ׳bite, I should not bite. Koh. R. to VII, 1 דנכתיה מאן וכ׳, v. דחיל. Gitt. 67b (expl. קורדייקוס) וכ׳ חמרא דנכתיה young wine from the press has bitten him (made him delirious). B. Mets. 60b וכ׳ ליה נכית דקא איכא נשך it is meshekh (usury, v. נשך), for he bites (injures) him, by taking from him something which he (the creditor) had not given him; a. fr. Pa. נכית 1) same. Targ. O. Num. XXI, 6, v. supra. -- Ab. Zar. 35b וכ׳ ואכיל מנכית הוה took a bite and ate of the bread (of a non-Iew) &c. - 2) to cause to bite. Yeb. 76a וכ׳ ליה ומנכתינן .. מייתינן we get a big ant and let it bite (insert its head into the opening) and cut its head off. thpe. איתנכית, איננכית to be bitten, stung. Targ. O. Num. XXI, 8. Targ. Y. II ib. 9.
נכתה, v. נכיתה.
נכתמא m. (כתם) (wooden) lid of a water pitcher. Bets. 30a. B. Bath. 26a top וכ׳ ׳ כדנייד as much as a liid on a pitcher shakes. Sabb. 105b, Pes. 112a.
נם pert. of ום.
נמא, נמה, Pi. ימא, ימה, v. ום I.
נמוייה, v. נמיה.
