be proclaimed in Hebrew). Bab. ib. 43b מע׳ עליו חוזרין אאין
המ׳ they are not entitled to leave the army on that ac-
count. Ib. 44b; Men. 36a; a. e. - 2) valuation, assessment,
value of a person or animal dedicated to the sanctuary;
vow of value. Arakh. 7b עלי ערכי ואמר if he says, I vow
my own value. Ib. IV, 1 הע׳ בזמן הע׳ the valuation is
regulated by the time of the vow (irrespective of the
value at the time of paying the vow); ib. 4 הע׳ כזמן נותן
he pays according to the value at the time of the vow.
Ib. זקן ע׳ נותן he pays the value of an old man (Lev.
XXVII, 7); ילד ע׳ the value of a child (ib. 6); a. fr. -- Pl.
ערכים, רמין. Ib. II, 1 וכ׳ בע׳ אין (Var. נערכין, v. צרך) in
vows of value nothing is valued at less than a Sela &c.;
ib, 7b וכ׳ מעריך שאתה ע׳ כל all values which you assess
shall be no less than &c. Ib. IV, 1 בנערך והע׳ the vows
of value are regulated by the condition of the person
whose value is vowed. Ib. III, 1 וכ׳ להקל בע׳ יש in the
laws regulating the dedication of values there is a lenient
and a rigorous side. Ib. 2a, a. e. בע׳ ישנו בדמים שישנו כל
בע׳ אינו . . . he whose person has a value, can vow the
value of a person or an animal, but he whose person has
no value cannot. Kerith. 13b וע׳ דמין, v. דמים. Tanh.
B'huck. 6 ע׳ פרשת the section treating of vows of value.
Ib. וכ׳ מציל אני הע׳ בזכות as a reward for your offerings
of values, I will save you &c.; a. fr. -- Arakhin, name of
a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Babli, of the
Order of Kodashim. -- [ערכין, Gitt. 44a Ar., v. ערכי.]
*ערכאהf (v. ערכי) registration oflegitimacy, citizenr list. Targ. IChr. II, 17 בע׳ דוד ית למסייעא to assist David in establishing his legitimacy of citizenship (in spite of his descent from a Moabitish woman; v. Y. Yeb. VII, 9c; Mmidr. Till. to Ps. IX, 9).
ערכאות, v. next art.
ערכוב, v. ערקוב.
ערכי f. (ערך; an adapt. of ~~(ו, ~~(~~~) recorders office for pedigree, deeds of sale &c. Kidd. IV, 5 בע׳ הישנה, v. ארכי I. -- Pl. ערכאות. Gitt. 44a וכ׳ בע׳ ומעלה כותב (Ar. בערכין) he wwrites (a deed of sale) and has it recorded in the office of gentiles (Romans); Ab. Zar. 13a שלהן בע׳; Toset.ib. I 8 בערכאים; Tosef. M. Kat. II, (I), 1בערכיים. Gitt. I, 5;Tosef. ib. I, 4 וכ בע׳ העולים שטרות (Var. בערכיות) deeds entered in gentile offices. Tosef. B. Bath..VIII, 2 והעלה כתב הערכיים להם זכה בערכאים להם if he wrote (a deed of donation for ten persons) and had it recorded for them in the office, the office took possession in their behalf; ib. 3 ערכיין . ערכאין; a. e.
*ערכל (emp. ערקל) to curve, twist. Hithpa. התערעל to be entangled, caught. Gen. R. s. 31 היה מתערכלות . .. ליכנס בא when one (of the giants) attemmpted to enter the arkk, his feet became entangled (in the mud of the deep); [Matt. K. following ׳Rashi; were scalded in the hot water of the flood, v. זריבה, taking ערכל as Parel of עכל; (Yalk. Gen. 55 מתערסלות, Ar. s. v. גערסל במים מתערסלות, v. ערס; Yalk. Job 913 מתערטלות, v. ערטל).
ערל (denom. of ערלה) to sheathe, cover. Y. Orl. III, beg. 62d (ref. to Lev. XIX, 23) פריו את בעורל תני תניי אית one Tannai explains that it refers to that which covers the fruit (peel, shell &c.); ופריו פריו את עורל שהוא דבר עורלו that which covers the fruit (peel), and that which the fruit covers (kernel); Y. Maasr. IV, end, 51c שעורל דבר פריו את. -- [mn b. h. ערל to treat as 'Orlah, to remove.]
ערלm. (b. h.; v. ערלה) [covered,] uncircumcised; gentile. Mekh. Bo s. 15 (ref. to Ex. XII, 43) וכ׳ שומע ע׳ ישראל אבל I might deduce from this that an uncircumcised Israelite may pertake of the Passover lamb; Pes. 96a דלבו tע אבל לשמים but an uncircumcised Israelite whose heart is directed towards heaven (and who remained uncircum- cised, because his older brothers had died from circum- cision). Yeb. VIII, 1 וכ׳ וכל הע׳ an uncircumcised priest, and all unclean persons must not eat T'rumah. Tosef. Hull. I, 1 ע׳ אפי׳ even an uncircumcised Israelite; Hull. 5a וכ׳ היעי ע׳ האי what is meant by this arel? Do you mean an Israelite whose brothers died from circumcision? Pes. 92a נכרי ע׳ an uncircumcised gentile (a proselyte that was circumcised on the eve of Passover); ישראל ע׳ an Israelite that was circumcised on the eve of Passover; a. fr. - [Y. Sbebi. VII, end, 37 הערל מן חוין, read; העדל.]-- Pl. ערלים. Mekh. l. c. ע׳ עבדים (not וע׳) uncircumcised slaves. Ned. III, 11 ישראל בערלי מותר לע׳ . . קונם he who vows that he will not receive any benefits from un- circumcised persons, is permitted benefits from uncircum- cised Israelites, and forbidden benefits from circumcised gentiles (the word arelim being meant only or non-dews; v. ערלה); a. fr.
ערל, ערל, ערלא, ערלא, ערלאה, ערלאי eh. same. Targ. Deut. XXVIII, 43 (h. text הגר). Targ. Ex. XII, 48 (Y. ערלאי, read; ערלאי); a. fr. -- Pl. ערלין, ערלין, ערליא, ערלאין. Targ. Josh. V, 7 (ed. Lag. עריל׳). Targ. Jer. IX, 24, sq. Targ. Esth. I, 5; a. e.
ערלא f, v. עורלא.
ערלה f. (b. h.; ערל to hang over, v. Ges. Thes. s. v. ערל) [sheath,] prepuce; the uncircumcised membrum. Gen. R. s. 46 הגוף ערלת the foreskin of the membrum. Sabb. 134b, sq. השבת את דוחה ודאי ערלתו the cutting of his prepuce, where there is no doubt (about the condition of the infant), supersedes the Sabbath. Ib. כבושה ע׳, v. כבש. Pes. 92a וכ׳ הע׳ מן הפורש he who separates himself from the prepuce (a gentile converted and circumcised) is like one that separates himself from a grave (has to undergo the lustrations of one that has been in contact with a. corpse). Ned. III, 11 לשמם אלא קרויה הע׳ שאין for d'oorlah (the word arelim) is used only as a general name for gentiles, v. ערל. Ib. וכ׳ שנתגנו ה)ע׳ היא) מאוסה uncircum- cision is detestable, for it is applied to the wicked as a reproach (with ref. to Jer. IX, 25); a. fr. -- Pl. ערלות, constr. ערלות. Yeb. 72a; Sabb. 135b ע׳ שתי לו שיש מי if one has ttwo prepuces; (oth. opin. ttwo membra to be circumcised). Gen. G. s. 46, a. e. וכ׳ הן ע׳ ארבע the term. 141V