למד I, למד (b. h.) 1) to be joined, affixed to, v. Pi. -
2) to accustom, train. Part. pass. למוד, f. למודה; pl. למודים,
למודין; למודות. Y. Ter. IV, 42a ל׳ שהוא כמות according
to what he is used to. Lev. R. s. 4 וכ׳ מבית ל׳ אינה she
is not used (to handle T'rumah) from her father's house.
Dem. IV, 4 וכ׳ ל׳ . . . . ואם but if a priest or the poor
are habitual guests at his table. Sifra K'dosh. Par. 3, ch.
VI, v. לימוד; a. fr. -- 3) to learn, study. Ab. II, 5 הביישן לא
וכ׳ למד he who is bashful will not learn, nor can the hot-
tempered teach, v. ביישן. Ib. IV, 1 אדם מכל הלומד he who
learns from everybody. Ib. 20 דלד הל׳ he who studies at.
an early age; זקן הל׳ who begins to study at an advanced
age. Ib. I. 9 לשקר ילמדו . . . . . שמא lest through them
(your intricate cross-examinations) they may be led tto
tell a lie. Taan. 7a; Macc.110a וכ׳ למדתי הרבה Ihave learned
much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and
m ost from my pupils; a. v. fr. -- B. Mets. 71a, a. fr. הא
למדת here you learn, i. e. this proves. [Targ. EEsth. I, 1
למד אתה מכאן from tthis you will learn.]]
Pi. למדד, לימד 1)toyoin; to arrange. Sabb. 125b ולמדום צאו
go out and place them (the building stones) in order (for
sitting thereon the next day). -- V. לימודים, -- 2) to train,
accustom. Hor. 13b וכ׳ עצמו אדם ילבד man should train
his body (to relieve his bowels) early in the morning &c.
Nidd. 66b וכ׳ בתוך אדם ילמד לעולם man should make it a.
rule in his house; a. fr. -- Part. pass. מלומד, f מלומדת;
pl. מלומדים, מלומדין; מלומדות trained. experienced. Snh.
109a top (in Chald. dict.) הוא בניסין דמל׳ for he has ex-
perience in miracles. Taan. 25a. Succ. 29a במכות שמל׳ מפני
הן (not במכותיהן; Ms. M. שרגילין) because they (the Jee s)
have experience in afffictions; a. e. - 3) to teach, instruct;
to argue. Keth. 50a ומלמדה . . . הלומד he who studies the
Law and teaches it. Pes. 112a תורה למדני teach me the
Law; מלמדך איני I will not teach thee. Ib. .. מלמד כשאתה
וכ׳ למדהו . . when thou teachest thy son, teach him from
a revised (correct) copy. Snh. 19b וכ׳ לי׳ ומשה ילד אהרן
Aaron begot (his sons), but Moses taught them, therefore
they are recorded under his name; a. v. fr. -- תינוקות מלמד
primary teacher. Ib. 17b. B. Bath. 21a ת׳ מלמדי teachers.
=על זכות ׳ to argue in faavor of, to plead for; חובה ל׳
to plead agatnst. Sabb. 32a מלמד ואחד. . . מלמדים . . . ואפי׳
ניצול זכות עליו and even if nine hundred. . . plead against
him, and one (good deed) for him, he will be saved; a.
v. fr. -- Esp. (in textual interpret.) to lead, hint, throw
light on. Sifra Emor Par. 4, ch. IV . . . תושב אומר הייתי
וכ׳ התושב על ולי׳ שכיר בא I might have thoughtttoshab (Lev.
XXII, 10) meant one hired for a limited period; there-
fore sakhir (ibid.) comes in to throw light on toshab that
it means one bought for life; Kidd. 4a; Yeb, 70a. -- Sifra..
introd. ללמד הכלל מן יצא is specified for the sake of il-
ustration, v. כלל. Meil. 11b, a. fr. מלמדין אין.. . כתובים טשני
ttwo verses which coincide (teach the same), prove nothing,
cannot serve as an illlustration for similar cases; a. fr.
Hithpa. התלמד to pratice. Gitt. 24b; Zeb. 2b בסופרים
וכ׳ להתלמד העשויים it treats of scribes who are in the
habit of writing documents merely for practice. Gitt.
60a בה להתל׳ לכתוב to write one portion of the Penta-
teuch for a child for practicing purposes; a. fr.
למר II m., למדה, למידה f.) aocustomed. Tanh. Noah 2 ל׳ שהיה מה (של׳ מה) what each was used to eat (ed. Bub. ib. למוד). -- 2) (of persons) learning, argiiing. - Pll. למדין, למי׳. Nidd. 22b הימנה ל׳ אין . . . ג״ש כל fromm an analogy of textual words (v. גזרה) which are not free for interpretation (being necessary to tthe subject proper), you cannot derive any general rule; ib. ומשיבין ל׳ we may derive a rule, but it is open to argitment; a. ir. -- חכמים לפני הל׳ those who were permitted to argue before the scholars (e. g. Levi before Rabbi). Moil. 9b; Snh. 17b (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3). Men. 80b רבי לפני ל׳. --- 3) (of subjects) having light thrown upon, defined. Pes. 25b, a. e. למד ונמצא ללמד בא זה הרי (a proverbial phrase; behold this one commes as a teacher and tturns out a learner) this is intended to throw ight (on the case of a violated be- trothed) and is at the same time receiving light. -- Sifra. introd. מעניינו הל׳ דבר something which is clearly under- stood from tthe context; a. fr. -- Y. Kidd. I 59a למידה עבריה מעבריה ל׳ ועברי חורין מבת the case of the lbriya (that a. Hebrew handmaid can be acquired by a written deed) is learned from that of a free woman, and that of the Ibri (he Hebrew bondsman) from thr briya; ל׳ נמצא מל׳ consequently a case may be illustrated by one itself defined (only indirectly) by analogy; a. fr.
למה eheretof, v. מה.
למה ehyf, v. מה.
למה (v. למא II) naught, vanity. Gen. R. s. 2 (ref. to תהו, Gen. I, 2) כלום ולא לל׳ שהיה who was reduced to naught. and nothing (on account of his sin, v. כלום). Y'lamd. to Ex. V, 4, quot. in Ar. (play on למה ib.) ל׳ ודבריכם ל׳ אתם you are vanity, and your words are vanity; Yalk. Ex. 176 דבריכם ל׳ אתם 'ל׳. Cant. R. to I, 7 (play on שלמה, ib.) טטלא וכ׳ בעיני ל׳ אעשה that I may not appear a nonentity in tthe sight of &c., a. e..
למואל (b. h.) pr. n. m. Lemuel, homileticul surname of Solomon. Cant. R. to I, 1 בלבו לאל שנם ל׳ (not לבו בכל) he was surnamed lL. because he spoke against God in his heart (saying, I may take many wives and yet not be seduced tto sin); Koh. R. to I, 1. Num. R. s. 10.
למוד, v. למד. [למוד Targ. II Esth. I, 8 ed. Amst., v. לכד
למוד, למודים, למודין, v. לימור, לימודים.
למידה f. (למד) study. Yeb. 109b (ref. to Deul. V, 1) בל׳ ישנו בעשייה שישנו כל whoever is bound to execute. (the laws) is bound to study them; Yalk. Deut. 829.
למין, לימן, לימין m. (~~) aoves, bay. Esth. a. to I, 8 וכ׳ מבקשת aאח בל׳ עולות היו ספינית שתי two ships attempting tto enter the harbor(from diferent directions); one desires a northe n wind &c. Y. Yoma III, 41a למינה יפו של the harbor of Japho. Y. Gitt. I, 43b bot. של למינה קסרין of Cesarea. Gen. R. s. 31 בל׳ עומדת שתהא . אם if a man wants to build a ship able to stand in the
