עבירא, v. עבירתא.
עבירה f. (עבר) passing by. Y. Erub. I 19a top כדי אדם עבירת s much space as is required for a person to pass.
עבירה, בברה f. (preced.) transgression, sin. Sot. 3a (play on עבר Hif., with ref. to ויעבירו, Ex. XXXVI, 6) וכ׳ מכריז והקבה בסתר ע׳ עובר אדם man commits a sin in secret, and the Lord causes his exposure in public; ואין וכ׳ הכרזה לשוון אלא ע׳ and the word dberah (cmp. preced.) has 1he meaning of publication (passing forth) &c. Ib. וכ׳ כן אם אלא ע׳ עובר אדם אין a man does not sin, unless a spirit of insanity has entered into him. Tem. 20b אאין בע׳ הבא בדבר .. .. אדם a person cannot obtain atonement by means of a thing which is connected with an offense, v. מצוה; a. v. fr. -Esp. (cmp. איסורא) sexual immorality. Gen. R. s. 90. Snh. 70a top בע׳ אצלה מצויין שהכל for all people will finally associate with her in an immoral way; a. v. fr. - Pl. עבירות, עברות. Yoma VIII, 8 קלות ע׳ light transgressions. Ib. 9 למקום אדם שבין ע׳ sins affectipg the relatiion of man to God; לחבירו. ע׳ sins affecting the re- lation of man to his fellowman; a. fr.
עבירים, עבירין, v. עכירים.
עבירתא, עבר׳f.= h. עבירה. Targ. Prov. X, 23 עביר עביר׳ (not עביד׳ עביד). Ib. XXI, 27. Targ. O. Deut. XXIII, 15; XXIV, 1 פתגם עבירת (h. text דמר ערות); a. fr. -- P. עבירתא, עבירן. Targ. Job IV, 4 Ms. (ed. Lag. עבירה sing.,. hebraism; ed. Wil. עבירא; oth. ed. עבידתא, incorr.). Targ. Y. Num. XXXV, 25; a. e. -- Y. Taan. I, 64b bot. [read;] יום בכל עביר גוברא האי עבירן חמש א״ל he said to him, five sins does this man (I) commit every day.
*עביתf, pl. עביות (עבת; cmp. עבות) engines for hurl- ing missiles by means of twisted flbres, ropes cc. (Lat. tormenta). Lam. R. to IV, 19, v. דלק.
עבעבית, v. אבאבית.
*עבי I (v. next w.) to become white, be put to shame. Targ. Ps. XXXIV, 6 עבצו Ar. a. Levita (ed. עצבו; h. text יחפרו).
עבץ II, צבצא m. (transpos. of בעבץ= בצבץ; cmp. כסךes כסכס, transpos. of סכסך) tin. Targ. Ez. XXVII, 12 (ed. Lag. בעין). Targ. O. Num. XXXI, 22 ed. Berl. (oth. ed. אבצא).
עבר (b. h.) 1) to be thick, swell; to run over. Par. VI, 4 וכ׳ המים שיעברו כדי that the water may overfow into a vessel; a. e. - Ex. R. s. 15 עובר שאני, v. צברה. -- 2) (cmp. סגי I a. II) to pass, to cross. Tosef. Sot. VIII, 1; Sot. 33b וכ׳ את ישראל עברו כיצד in what manner did the Israelites cross the Jordan? Cant. R. to V, 1 הוא עובר וכ׳ וחוזר he goes over his studies once and again &c.; a. fr. -- הדין את ע׳ to cross the ine of yustice, to be too severe. Midd. II, 2 וכ׳ עליו עברו כאילו as if they had treated him too severely (arbitrarily). Ex. R. s. 30 כשם וכ׳ מעביר איני ואני.. לעבור יכול שאני as I (the Lord) have power to ttreat the nations with rigor, but refrain from doing so, so shall you not go beyond the line of justice. Ib. הדין את עיברה (Pi.); a. e. - 3) (with על) to pass over (a sin); to forgive. Cant. R. to V, 5 (play on עובר מור, ib.) מררי על ע׳ עובר מר the bitterness passes away, he (the Lord) passes over my bitterness (sin). R. Hash. 17a (ref. to Mie. VII, 18) פשע על שעובר למי עון נושא למי whose iniquity does he pardon? the iniquity of him who forgives (his neighbor's) transgression ; a. e. - 4) to transgress, sin. Yoma 86b, a. e. וכ׳ ושנה עבירה אדם כיוןשע׳ as soon as a man has committed a sin and repeated it, it becomes to him a permitted act. Ib.a, a. e. עשה על ע׳ when one has trans- gressed a positive law (committed a sin of omission). Ib. וכ׳ כריתות על ע׳ when one has committed sins punishable with extinction or death by a court. Erub. 100a, a. fr. וכ׳ בל על עובר, v. בל. Keth. VII, 6 וכ דת על העוברת if a. wife offends against Mosaic or Jewish customs, v. דת; Y. ib. VII, 31c top הדת על המגברות נשים (Pi.); a.v. fr. -- 5) to pass, overtake, precede. Pes. 7b עליהן מברך המצות כל לעשייתן עובר in the performance ofall religious ceremonies one must say the benediction over them before doing them; הוא דאקדומי לישנא עובר דהאי משמע מאי what evidence is there that this ober has the meaning of precedence? Answ. by ref. to ויעבר (II Sam. XVIII, 23) and he arrived before the Cushite'. -- 6) to pass by, g0 aaway, be removed. Pes. III, 1בפסח עוברין אלו the follow- ing things must pass away (their use must be suspended) during Passover. Bets. 26a, a. fr. עובר מום a transitory blemish, opp. קבוע. Ber. 26a קרבנו בטל יומו ע׳ when its day is passed, the sacrifice of the day is void. Pes. I, 2 הפסח עליו שע׳. . . ןaחמ leavened matter. . over which Pass-- over has passed (which had been in the house during Pass- over). Ber. IX, 3 וכ׳ לשעבר הצועק praying for what is passed (decided) is a vain prayer, e. g. if one's wife is with child, and one prays, may it be the will of GGod that my wife bear a male child; Y. Taan. II, 65c bot. וכ׳ וצועק לשעבר הודייה נותן one gives thanks for what is passed, and prays for what is to come. Gitt. VII, 7 וכ׳ פניך מכנגד שאעבור זמן כל as soon as I shall have been out of thy sight for thirty days; Tosef. ib. VII (V), 10. Keth. 17a כלה מלפני ע׳ he passed aside to make room for a bridal procession. Yoma 66a, a. e. שנתה שעברה חטאת a. sin-oftering whose year is passed (that is older than one year); Tem. 22a שנה שעיברה(Pi.) whose year is completed (v. infra). Ib. 21b שנתו שעברה בכור a first-born animal older than one year; R. Hash. 5b; Zeb. 29a bot. שעיברה; Tosef. Snh. III, 6 זמנו שעיברה בכור ed. Zuck. (read with Var.; שעבר). Keth. 87a שע׳ על as regards the past, v. עתיד; a. v. fr. לשע׳־ in former days. Gen. R. s. 47, opp. עכשיו; a. fr. Hif. העביר 1) to lead past, stroke gently. Tosef. Sabb. VII (VIII), 23 [read;] בשבת העין גבי על מעבירין you are permitted to stroke a sore eye on the Sabbath; Y. ib. XIV, 14c bot. העין על מעבירין. Ib. כלים עליו העבירו they passed garments over it. - 2) to cause to pass to remove, displace. Keth. 17a וכ׳ כלה מלפני המת את מעבירין a funeral procession is made to make way for a bridal procession, and both of them for the king, V. supra. Gitt. s7b אר באל אותו מעבירין אנו שאין that we shall never displace him for another god; וכ׳ אותנו מעביר שאין that
