Pl. עישר same; v. supra. B. Bath. l. c., v. infra.
Hithpa. התעשר, Nithpa. נתעשר 1) to become rich. Sabb.
119a; Taan. 9a (play on תעשר עשר, Deut. XIV, 22) עשר
שתתעשר בשביל give tithes in order that thou become
rich. B. Bath. l. c. רuמתע שמתחכם מתוך for when he grows
wise, he will also grow rich; (Ms. M. מעשרתו חכמתו his
wisdom makes him rich). Pes. 50b יתעשרו שלא . . עשרים
וכ׳ מתעשרין שאילמלי the men of the Great Assembly held
twenty-four fasts to pray that the copyists of sacred
books &c. might not become rich, for if they grew rich,
they would not write; a. fr. -- [2) (b. h.) to pretend to be
rich, to pass for a rich man. Men. 85b. Midr, Till. to
Ps. XXIV.]
עשר ch. same (mostly עתר). thpa. אתעשר to become rich. Gitt. 30b, v. אשר.
עשר, v. עושר.
עשר f. עשרה m. (b. h.) ten. Ab. V. 1, v. מאמר. Ex. R. s. 15, a. fr. מכות עשר (not עשרה) the ten Egyptian plagues. Ib. אנשים ע׳ ten men; a. v, fr. -In compounds עשר, עששרה, as ע׳ אחד eleven, ע׳ שנים twelve &c. R. Hash.. I, 1 בו ע׳ בחמשה on the fifteenth day of it (the month of Shebat). Pes. I, 1 ע׳ לארבעה אור, v. אור II; a. v. fr. -- Pl. עשרים twenty. B. Bath. 107a בע׳ אומר ואחד and one of the experts says, it is worth twenty (Selaim). Ab. V, 21 לרדוף ע׳ בן at the age of twenty years it is time to hunt (for a living); a. v. fr.
עשר; f. עשרא, עשרה m. (also עסר; סרא) ch. same. Targ. Gen. XLV, 23 (Y. also עשר; O. ed. Berl. עש׳, oth. ed. עס׳); a. fr. -- עשר חד, עסר חד (contr. חדסר) eleven; סי תרתי twelve &c. -- Pl. עשרין, עסרין, ע׳. Targ. Gen. XXXI, 38. Targ. Num. X, 11 בע׳ on the twentieth; a. fr. - B. Bath. 106b גריוי ע׳ הויא it contains twenty g'rivas (v. גריוא); a. fr.
עשר, Pi. עשר (b. h.; denom. of עשר) 1) to give one- tenth, separate tithes. Sabb. 119a וכ׳ עשר, v. עשר. Maasr. IV, 2 לעשרן ושכחו but had forgotten to pay the tithe of them. Sabb. II, 7 עשרתם have you set aside tithes (of what you intend to use for the Sabbath)? Ib. אין . . ספק הודאי את מעשרין if it is doubtful whether or not night has set in, you must not separate the tithes of what is sure to be subject to tithes (v. דמאי); a. v. fr. -- Part. pass. מעושר; f. מעושרת; pl. מעושרים, מעושרין; מעוששרות. Bekh. IX, 7 לתוכן המע׳ מן (אחד קפן) if one of those (lambs) which have been set aside as tithe, lieaped among the flock. Ib. מע׳ אלו הרי they (the flock) are considered as tithed; a. fr. - 2) to reduce to one-tenth. Cant. R. to VII, 11, v. עשר. Nif. נעשר, Hithpa. התעשר, Nithpa. נתעשר to be tithed. Maasr. l. c. שיעשרו עד (Ms. M. שיתעשרו) until they are fithed. Ib. 5 וכ׳ זרע מתעשרת must be tithed as seed, as vegetables (if the leaves are used) &c. Bekh. IX, 1 ואינן זה על מזה מתעששרים and they (arge cattle and small cattle) cannot be tithed one for the other. Ib. 53b אין מזה זה שיתעשרו דין should we not conclude that they mmay be tithed one forr the other; a. fr..
רlעש II ch., Pa. עשר, עסר same, to tithe. Targ. Deut. XIV, 22. Ib. XXVI, 12 (Y. II למעשרא Af). -Yeb. 95a ע׳ עילויהו דביתיה מפירי he set aside as tithes from the pro- duces in his house on behalf of those (that were to come in). Ib. ומיכל לעשורי as regards tithipg and eating; a. e.
עשרא, עשרה, v. עשר I.
עשרה, עשרה, v. כשר.
עשרון m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) one-tenth of an Ephah, issaron. Men. XIII, 1 וכ׳ ע׳ עלי הרי iff a person says, I vow an ssaron, he must offer one minhah. Ib. 2 מנחה ע׳ ששים של a meal offering of sixty issarons; a. fr. -- Pl. עשרונים, עשרונות. Ib. 1 וכ׳ יביא ע׳ (Bab. ed. 104b עשרונות) if a person says, l vow esronim, he must offer ttwo minhahs. Ib. ששים ועד מאחד ע׳ של מנחות יביא he must bring (sixty) offerings of esronim, beginning with one issaron and progressing up to sixty; a. e.
עשרונא, עס׳ ע׳ch. same. Targ. Num. XXVIII, 13; a. fr. - Pl. עשרונין, עס׳, ׳. Ib. 12; a. fr.
עשריה, v. עשיראה.
עשרית, עשריתא, v. עשירי, אשיראה.
2שרת f. constr. (b. h.; עשר) group of ten. Sabb. 86b הדברות ע׳ the ten words (commandmments); a. fr. --- Pl, עשרות, עשריות. Snh. 18a רבוא ששת ע׳ שרי the number of the chiefs of ten (Ex. XVIII, 21) was sixty thousand; Mekh. Yithro, Amal., s. 2; Tanh. Mishp. 6. Tanb. Emor 24 (Chald. dict.)עשריותיך כנוש זיל go and gather thy divisions of ten.
עשרתא ch., constr. עשרת same. Targ. Esth. III, 9; a. e. -- Pesik. R. s. 18 וכ׳ אלפין לע׳ מניכון ע׳ נצחון (not מיניכון) your ten manahs worth (of a barley offering) will overcome my ten thousand (talents of silver); a. e.
עשרתי, עישרתיsame. Targ. Esth. IX, 10; 12. Targ. Y. Gen. II, 2 (ed. Vien. עישרתי). Targ. Y. Deut. IV, 13 עישרתי; a. e.
*עשש (v. אשש) to be strong. Ithpa. אתעשש to exercise one's strength. Midr. Till. to Ps. XIX, 1 וכ׳ (בה) מתעשש דהוא מאבנא by the stone with which he practices you can tell his strength; [ed. Bub., a. Yalk. Ps. 672 מתגושש, h. form, v. גשש].
עששיתf. (v. אשש a. עשת) 1) ברזל של ע׳ wrought iron, bar, ball. - Pl עששיות. Yoma 34b וכ׳ ברזל של ע׳ lumps of wrought iron were heated for the high priest on the eve of the Day of Atonement; Tosef. ib. I, 20 (Var. עששית); Y. ib. III, 40c עששות. Ab. Zar. 16a וכ׳ ע׳ להם מוכרין אין we must not sell them (the Romans) iron bars,.... because they forge arms out of them (expl. הינדואה פרזלא, v. , היניוא). Snh. 108b וכ׳ ע׳ לנו יש we have iron plates with which we can pave the ground (to prevent water coming ip). -l2צ) (v. אשש) glass ball, crystal, refector, lantern. Ber, 25b בע׳ covered with a translucent substance. Ib. 53a וכ׳ דולקת שהיתה ע׳ a lantern which has been burniing the 142a
