in the bowels, it will cling to it (v. טרומיטא); a. e. -- 2) to
confound, v. infra.
Pa. סריך same, 1) to clutch; (cmp. טפס) to diomb. Bets.
11a וסליקו סרוך סרוכי they clutched and climbed up. B.
Kam. 20a וכ׳ סליק סריך it climbed, came up and ate &c.
Ib. ולמסלק לסרוכי (not לסרוכיה; Ms. F. למיסרך, v. Rabb.
D. S. a. l. note 30) to climb up; a. e. --- 2) to cling to, adhere.
Hull. 111a מסריך סרוכי חלב (not סרוכיה) milk adheres (and
penetrates), opp. שריק מישרק glides of. Ab. Zar. 22b
אבתרה מסדיך (Ms. M. סריך מישרך) he clings to her (runs
atter her). - 3) (v. preced.) to confound. Pes. 51a משום
מילתא דמססרכי(Ms. Mדסריכי; Ms. O. במילתא מילתא דמסרבי,
v. סיב II) because they confound one thing with another
(if you permit them one thing, they will allow themselves
another); מילתא סררכי נמי אינשי הנך (Ms. M. סריכי, Ms. O.
במילתא מילתא מסרבי) those people (ignorant Jews) will
likewise confound &c.; a. e.
thpe. איסריך to cling to. Ab. Zar. l. c. דמיסריך כרון
Rashi (ed. דמיגרי), v. גרי.
סרך m. (preced.) clinging to, following the example of; habit. Nidd. 67b בתה ס׳ משום because her daughter might follow her example (and make the mother's ex- ceptional act a rule for all occasions). Hull. 106a נטילת תרומה ס׳ משום. . . the washing of hands before a meal on secular food was introduced for the sake of uniformity with T'rumah (to make it a habit). Y. Yoma III, 40b bot., sq. ס׳ טבילת an immersion required merely for the sake of uniformity; Bab. ib. 30a טבילה ס׳. Y. Bicc. III, 64d bot.; Y. Hag. II, 78b ס׳ נטילת washing of hands (before meals) for the sake of uniformity (v. supra).
סרכא, סיר׳ ch. same, 1) adhesion, cohesion. Bets. 40a דמשכא ס׳ משום on account of the adhesion of the skin (because the hide is hard to fay unless the animal is watered before slaughtering). --[In ritual; ס׳ an adhesion of lobes of the lungs to each other or to the chest. -- 2) climbing, v. סריכא. -- 3) habit. Ab. Zar. 30a דגברא ס׳ נקיטה she is supposed to have adopted her husband's habits. Snb. 51b נקט בעלמא ס׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) he merely used the customary phraseology. Ber. 16a סרכיה נקט, v. דוושא. -- *4) (cmp. b. h. שדיג) branch, scion of a. figtree. Cant. R. to I, I (prov.) תאינתא דאקים ס׳ a scion which confirms (the reputation of) the fig tree, i. e. a good son of a good father; (Yalk. Sam. 134 תניתא ברכא (some ed. ברכה), prob. to be read; תינתא דמקים ברכא). -- [סרכי, Yalk. Gen. 116, v. שרכא].
סרכא m. (סרך, Saf. of ערך, ארך; cmp. ארבן I, a. אריכא) manager, commander. Targ. Prov. VI, 7 (h. text שטר). - Pl. סרכין, סרכיא, סר׳. TargaabbDeut. I 15. Ib. XX, 5; a. fr.
סרכונא, v. טרכנותא.
סרכן m. (v. סרכא) leader, officen (corresp. to h. גגיד). Targ. Y. Gen. XLI, 41. Targ. I Chr. XI, 2 (two versioms, with ארכון a. ס׳, combined); a. fr. - Targ. Y. Ex. XXIV, 1 חכמתא סרכן מיכאל Michael, the prince (angel) of wisdom.
סרמיטין, סרמיסין, v. חמיסין.
סרנא, סרני, סרנייא, v. סדן ch.
סרנוקא m. (v. next w.) choking, suffocation. Targ. Ps. LXVIII, 21 (Ms. סרניקתא; v. Ber. 8a). Targ. Job VII, 15 סירנוקא Ms. (Ar. סרוככא; ed. שרנוקא שיר׳).
סרניק, סרנק (= סניק, v. סנק) to close, stop. Targ Ps. LXIII, 12 (h. text יסכר).
סרניקתא f., v. סרנוקא.
סרס I, Pi. סיס (cmp. הרס, רסס) to destroy, uproot; to mutilate, esp. to make impotent. Tosef. B. Batb. IV, 7 וכ׳ לסרס רשאי איו דבש חלות ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. לירש) ir the honey- combs of a bee-hive are sold, the purchaser must not uproot (tear out) all of them at the same time, but must leave the outermost cakes &c. Sot. 36a סידסתן מלמטה it (the wasp צרעה) mutilated them at their lower extremities. Cant. R. to I, 1 סירסו made him impotent. Kidd. 25a וכ׳ שסרסו עבד a slave whom his master muti- lated by injury to his testicles. Sabb. 10b שימס הרוצה וכ׳ if one desires to emasculate a cock, let him take off his comb, and he will thereby be emasculated (without an operation). Ib. 11 1a מסרס אחר במססרס if one adds to the mutilation caused by another person; a. fr. - B. Bath. V, 3 ומסרם נחלין ג׳ נוטל the buyer takes three broods, after which the owner may make the bees impotent of propa- gation; ib. 80a וכ׳ מסרסן במה by what means does one make them impotent?. . . By feeding them with mustard. Ib. וכ׳ מכרסן חרדל לא mustard does not make them im- potent &c. - Trnsf. to disarrange, upset; to transpose. Ib. (another interpret. of ומסרס, Mish. l. c.) בסירוס. . נוטל, v. סירוס. Ib. 119b (ref. to Num. XXVII, 2) ודרשהו המקרא סרס invert the order in which the persons are mentioned in that verse, and interpret it. Lev. R. s. 2l, beg. (ref. to Ps. XXXVI, 7) וכ׳ המקרא סרס transpose the verse, and explain it; 'thy kindness is as far above thy judgments, as the mountains are above the great deep'. Ex. R. s. 5 (ref. to מי, Ex. V, 2) וכ׳ ים מי אותו סרס transpose mi and read yam, the sea made thee know the Lord; a. fr. -- [Lev. R. s. 12 מסרסתו, read; מסטרתו, v. סטר.]--- Paat. pass. מסורס upside down, transposed &c. Nidd. III, 5 מס׳. . יצא if the embryo came out with its feet foremost. Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to Ex. XX, 24) וכ׳ מס׳ מקרא זה this verse must be interpreted by transposition, wherever I shall come and bless thee, there I shall allow my Name (the Tetragramm- maton) to be pronounced. Mech. B'shall., Vayass'a, s. t. Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. XXVIII, 22) הפרשה היא מסורסת the accounts of the section are not in chronological order, opp. וכ׳ הסדר על; a. e. Hithpa. הסתרס, Nithpa. נסתרס 1) to be emasculated. Sabb. 110b וכ׳ מסתרס והוא, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 86; a. e. - 2) (cmp. עקי) to be uprooted, removed. Snh. 93b נסתרסה וכ׳ Yע idolatry was uprooted in their days (in the days of Hanania, Mishael &c.). Mekh. Mishp. s. 20 [read] שלא ממקומה בראשית שבת תסתרס to intimate that the weekly Sabbath is not to be removed from its place, i. e. that it must be observed also in the Sabbatical year; Yalk. Ex. 354. Mekh. l. c. וכ׳ שלש יסתרסו טלא that the three festivals
