) ammekh, he ffteenth etter of tthe Alphabet. It inter-
changes with שש, e. g. סרס a. פרש, נסא a. גשא; a. fr.; with
, q. v.. with כ, as סואר a. צואר. -ס־ preformative for Safel
forms, as in סקבל, סרהב &c.
ט ss numeral, sity, v. א׳.
סאא, v. סאה ch.
סאב [to be rough, ugly,] to be filthy, unclean, re- pulsive. Pi. סיאב to soil, make unclean; to unfit for sacrifce on account of repulsive appearance. Part. pass. מסואב, f מסואבת; pl. מסואבים, מסואבין; מסואבות. -מס׳־ ידים ua- washed hands. Hall. II, 2. Hull. II, 5; a. fr. - Tem. 8a דרעו וקיימין מס׳ הא . . . (you say) let them go to pasture until they become unfit for sacrifice', but are they not already unfit (being blemished)? Hithpa. הסתאב to become filthy, repulsive, unfit for sacrifice. Yeb. XI, 5 שיסתאב עד דועה יהא let it go to pasture, until it becomes unfit for sacrifice. Tem. l. c. שיסתאבו עד, v. supra. Ib. IV, 1 שתסתאב עד; a. fr.
סאב I ch. same. Pa. סאב, סאיב 1) to soil, defile, make unclean, unftt for sacrifice. Targ. Lev. XV, 31. Targ. Gen. XXXIV, 5; a. fr. -- Taan. 11a bot. נפשיה דסאיב ההוא that is because he defiled himself (by touching a corpse &c.). Y. Maas. Sh. III, 54b top לה ופדי לה מסאב made the fruit unclean and also redeemed it. Y. Snh. I, 18b top וכ׳ ס׳ נש בר חד a man caused a priest to become unclean; a. e. -- Part. pass. מטאב, f. מסאבא; pl. מסאבין &c. Targ. Lev. XIV, 40. Ib. O. XII, 2. Ib. XI, 8; a. fr. -- Tem. 22a וקיימא מסאבה הא is it not already unfit for sacrifice?, v. preced. Ab. Zar. 37a; Eduy. VIII, 4 Ms. M., v. infra. -- 2) to declare unclean. Targ. Lev. XIII, 44; a. fr. Ithpa. אסתאב to be made unclean, be unclean. Targ. Num. VI, 12 (Reggia מסאב). Targ. Y. ib. 11. Targ. O. Lev. XIII, 45. Targ. O. Deut. XXII, 9 (h. text תקדש); a. fr. - Eduy. VIII, 4 מסתאב במיתא ודיקרב (Ms. M. מסאב) only what is sure to have touched a corpse is unclean (v. Ab. Zar. 37b).
סאב II o סאב (cmp. preced.; v. סיב I) [to be hairy,] to be old. Targ. Prov. XXII, 6 נסאב ed. Lag. (oth. ed. נסוב, יסוב, נסאובא; Ms. נסאבא). - Y. Dem. III, 23c bot. תסאבוון כד וכ׳ when you are old (appointed elders, v. דן), I shall tell you.
סאבא m. (preced.) old man, v. מב.
סאה f. (b. h.) S'ah, a measure of volume for dry objects and for liquids; in gen. measure. Men. XII, 4 וכ׳ ס׳ בארבעים in a reservoir containing forty S. he can bathe for purification, in forty less one drop &c. Mikv. I, 7; a. fr. - Sot. 9a ססאתו שתתמלא עד m. . אין the Lord does not exact paymenttpunishment) ofa man until his measure is full. Ib. 8b; Tosef. ib. III, 1(ref.to בסאסאה, Is. XXVII, 8) וכ׳ בס׳ שמדד אלא לי אין this would prove only that the Lord measures by the S'ah (repays only great sins, overlooking the small ones) &c.; Y. ib. I, 17a. ס־ בית (or sub. בית) a feld reguiring one S'oh of seed, (a square measure) Beth S'ah. Shebi. III, 2. B. Bath. VII, 2 רובע לס׳ one fourth of a Kab for each (Beth) S'ah; a. fr. -- Tanh. Ki Thissa 26 ס׳ ארבעים משקל forty S'ah in weight (weight of forty S'ah of wheat). -- Pl. סאות, סאים, סאין. Y. l. c. (ref. to סאון, Is. IX, 4) הרבה ס׳ כאן ריבה the text intimates here a variety of measures (recompenses). Men. VII, 1 וכ׳ ס׳ חמש five Jerusalem S'ah which are equal to six Desert S'ah. Ib. 77a; a. fr. -- Du. סאתים. Ter. X, 8. Shebi. III, 4; a. fr.
סאה, סאאch. same. Targ. IIKings VII, 1; 16; a. e. - Pl. סאין, סאווין, סאוין, סאוי, סאוון, סיון, סן. Targ. Gen. XVIII, 6. Targ. Y. Ex. XXIX, 4; a. fr. - Targ. Y. Deut. XXXIV, 12 (a weight, v. preced.). -- Pes. 113a סאוי Ms. M. (ed. סה). M. Kat. 12a וכ׳ ס׳ שית בר a vessel containing six S'ah (of beer) but well closed, is better &c.; a. e. - Du. סאתן. Targ. II Kings l. c. -- V. סאתא.
סאוב m. (סאב I) unclean object; uncleanness. Targ. Y. Lev. XXI, 1. Targ. Y. Deut. VII, 26 שקצא ס׳ (ed. Amst. סאיב, not ס׳) what has become unclean through an abomination.
סאובתא, סואבתא, סובתא f. (preced.) 1) un- cleanness, esp. menstruation. Targ. Ez. XXIV, 11. Targ. Y. Gen. XVIII, 11 (ed. Vien. ססובתא). Targ. Lev. XV, 25; 31 (some ed. סאוב׳); a. fr. - 2) cmp. (נדה) menstruant. Targ.. O. ib. 33 (Y. סיאובתא; some ed. סיאיב׳); a. e. -- Pl. סואבתא. Targ. II Chr. XXIX, 16. Targ. O. Lev. XVI, 16; 19 סואבת constr. (Y. סואבות Hebraism); a. e.
סאור, v. שאור.
סאור, סאורא, v. סיאור, סיאורא.
סאט, v. סוט.
סאיב, סאיב, v. סאב I a. סאוב.
סאים, v. סום I ch.
סאין, v. סין. (סאין pl. of סאה,]
סאמא silver, v. סימא I.
סאן, v. סין.
סאני, v. סני.
סאניא, סאסא Targ. Prov. XVI, 16; XVII, 3 some ed., v. סימא I.