סריס אדם

he-noun

סְרִיס אָדָם

סְרִיס אָדָם • (sarís ʾadám) m

סְרִיס אָדָם (canonical)
sarís ʾadám (romanization)

/sɔˈʀis ʔɔˈðɔm/

וְאֵלּוּ הֵן סִימָנֵי סָרִיס. כָּל שֶׁאֵין לוֹ זָקָן. וּשְׂעָרוֹ לָקוּי. וּבְשָׂרוֹ מַחֲלִיק. וְאֵין מֵימֵי רַגְלָיו מַעֲלִים רְתִיחָה. וּכְשֶׁמֵּטִיל מַיִם אֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה כִּפָּה. וְשִׁכְבַת זַרְעוֹ דִּיהָה. וְאֵין מֵימֵי רַגְלָיו מַחְמִיצִין. וְרוֹחֵץ בִּימוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים וְאֵינוֹ מַעֲלֶה בְּשָׂרוֹ הֶבֶל. וְקוֹלוֹ לָקוּי וְאֵינוֹ נִכָּר בֵּין אִישׁ לְאִשָּׁה: וְסָרִיס זֶה הוּא הַנִּקְרָא סְרִיס חַמָּה בְּכָל מָקוֹם. אֲבָל הַבֵּן שֶׁחָתְכוּ אוֹ נִתְּקוּ אוֹ מִעֲכוּ גִּידָיו אוֹ בֵּיצָיו כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָעַכּוּ"ם עוֹשִׂין הוּא הַנִּקְרָא סְרִיס אָדָם. וּכְשֶׁיִּהְיֶה בֶּן י"ג שָׁנָה וְיוֹם אֶחָד נִקְרָא גָּדוֹל שֶׁאֵין זֶה מֵבִיא סִימָן לְעוֹלָם

And these are the signs of a saris: He doesn't have a beard. His hair is weak. His flesh is smooth/hairless. His urine doesn't make foam. And when he urinates, it doesn't form an arch. And his semen is thin. And his urine doesn't ferment. And he washes in the rainy season without his flesh producing steam. And his voice is week and he can't be identified as male or female. A saris of this type is referred to as a saris chammah. When, however, the genitals of a male have been cut, severed or crushed, as the gentiles do, the person is called a saris ʾadam. When such a person reaches the age of thirteen and one day, he is considered to be of age, for he will never manifest signs of maturity.

a eunuch, a male who is sexually underdeveloped due to castration


סריס חמה

סְרִיס חַמָּה

סְרִיס חַמָּה • (sarís ḥammá) m

סְרִיס חַמָּה (canonical)
sarís ḥammá (romanization)

secondary sex characteristics
secondary sex characteristics

(Jewish law, potentially offensive) a male who is sexually underdeveloped or develops female secondary sex characteristics during puberty, either naturally or by illness


משלי

he-proper noun

מִשְׁלֵי • (mishléy)

מִשְׁלֵי (canonical)
mishléy (romanization)

(biblical) Proverbs (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims)


שיר השירים

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים • (shir hashirím)

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (canonical)
shir hashirím (romanization)

Song of Songs
Song of Songs#English:_Q51670

(biblical) Song of Songs (the twenty-second book of the Christian Old Testament and the seventeenth book of the Hebrew Bible)


בולגרי

he-noun

בּוּלְגָּרִי

בּוּלְגָּרִית

בּוּלְגָּרִי • (bulgarí) m (feminine counterpart בּוּלְגָּרִית)

בּוּלְגָּרִי (canonical)
bulgarí (romanization)
בּוּלְגָּרִית (feminine)


חלבן

חַלְבָן • (khalván) m

חַלְבָן (canonical)
khalván (romanization)


גשן

גֹּשֶׁן (canonical)
goshen (romanization)

(biblical) The Land of Goshen, a region in the Eastern Nile Delta where the Israelites lived during their slavery in Egypt.


ערב רב

עֵרֶב רַב • (érev rav) m

עֵרֶב רַב (canonical)
érev rav (romanization)

/ˈʕeːʀ̟ɛv ʀav/

From עֵרֶב (érev, “crowd, rabble”) + רַב (rav, “many”). Sense 2 is due to the notion that the erev rav were a major factor in the creation of the Golden Calf.

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(biblical) a group of Egyptians and others who joined the Israelites during the Exodus.


מצורע

he-noun

מְצוֹרָע • (m'tsorá) m (plural indefinite מְצוֹרָעִים, feminine counterpart מְצוֹרַעַת)

מְצוֹרָע (canonical)
m'tsorá (romanization)
מְצוֹרָעִים (indefinite plural)
מְצוֹרַעַת (feminine)

English: metzora

זֹאת תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת הַמְּצֹרָע בְּיוֹם טָהֳרָתוֹ וְהוּבָא אֶל הַכֹּהֵן

Tanach, [[s:he:T0314#יד_ב|14:2]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest.

A person afflicted with tzaraath; a leper.


אנג'רה

אֱנְגַ׳רָה • (ʾĕnĝarā) f (plural indefinite אֱנְגַ׳רוֹת)

אֱנְגַ׳רָה (canonical)
ʾĕnĝarā (romanization)
אֱנְגַ׳רוֹת (indefinite plural)


זרובבל

he-proper noun

זְרֻבָּבֶל • (Zrubavél) m

זְרֻבָּבֶל (canonical)
Zrubavél (romanization)

From זָרוּעַ (zarúa, “sown, begotten”) + בָּבֶל (bavél, “Babylon”), thus meaning "sown in Babylon".

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בִּשְׁנַ֤ת שְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ לְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֨ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֜ה בְּיַד־חַגַּ֣י הַנָּבִ֗יא אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙ פַּחַ֣ת יְהוּדָ֔ה וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַ בֶּן־יְהוֹצָדָ֛ק הַכֹּהֵ֥ן הַגָּד֖וֹל לֵאמֹֽר

Tanach, Haggai [[s:he:T2201#א_א|1:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, this word of GOD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:

bi'shnát shtáyim dar'yávesh ha-mélech ba'chódesh ha-shishí b'yóm echád la'chódesh hayá dvar Adonái b'yád chagáy ha-naví el Zrubavél ben Sh'altiél pachát Y'hudá v'él Y'hoshúa ben Y'hotsadák ha-Kóhen ha-gadól le'mor:

(biblical) a governor of the Persian Province of Judah, who led the first group of Jews returned from the Babylonian Captivity.


יתרו

he-proper noun

יִתְרוֹ • (Yitró) m

יִתְרוֹ (canonical)
Yitró (romanization)

From יֶתֶר (yéter, “abundance, surplus”) + ־וֹ (ó, “his”), "his abundance".


יסכה

he-proper noun

יִסְכָּה • (Yiskah) f

יִסְכָּה (canonical)
Yiskah (romanization)

Root
 י־ס־ך (y-s-k)
From the root י־ס־ך (y-s-k) relating to pouring.


בית צור

בֵּית צוּר • (Bet Tsur) m

בֵּית צוּר (canonical)
Bet Tsur (romanization)

From בֵּית (bet, “house of”) + צוּר (tsur, “rock, cliff”).

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(biblical) Beth-Zur, an ancient Israelite town belonging to the Tribe of Judah located in the modern day West Bank near the cities of Halhul and Gedor.


בית מעכה

he-proper noun

בֵּית מַעֲכָה

בֵּית מַעֲכָה (canonical)
Bet Ma'achah (romanization)

From בֵּית (bet, “house of”) + מַעֲכָה (ma'achah, “depression, oppression”), מַעֲכָה being from the root מ־ע־ך (m-'-k), a root meaning to press, squeeze, or crush. Related to the Hebrew מָעַךְ (ma'ach, “to crush”).

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(biblical) Abel-beth-maachah, an Israelite archaeological tell in Israel 2 km south of Metula, near Tel Dan. Also the name of multiple Biblical characters.


אלדעה

he-proper noun

אֶלְדָּעָה • (Elda'a) m

אֶלְדָּעָה (canonical)
Elda'a (romanization)

/ʔɛl.dɔːʕɔː/

From אֵל (el, “god, deity”) + דָּעָה (da'a, “to call”). Note that דעה is an unused construction coming from the root י־ד־ע (y-d-') relating to "knowing". A similar construction is found in the Arabic دَعَا (da'a, “to call”). The name thus can be translated as "the one whom God calls".

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(biblical) Eldaah, one of the sons of Midian.


אגרטל

he-noun

אֲגַרְטָל • (agartal) m

אֲגַרְטָל (canonical)
agartal (romanization)

Etymology disputed. Many theories exist, the main ones being:
* From Aramaic קרטל (qarṭāl, “basket”) (Syriac spelling ܩܪܛܠܐ) which itself could be from:
** Hittite 𒄑𒆳𒋫𒀀𒀠 (kurtal-, kartal-)
** Middle Persian glyw' (grīw, “a measure of grain, a peck”) + -dʾl (dār, “holder, keeper, container of”), or
** from Ancient Greek.
* From Ancient Greek κάρταλλος (kártallos, “basket with a pointed bottom”), possibly being from either a native Indo-European source or from Aramaic קרטל (qarṭāl, “basket”).
* the Jerusalem Talmud theorizes that the term is a compound of אָגַר (agar, “to accumulate, to store, to hoard”) + טָלֶה (tale, “lamb”), this combination was because the Agartalim were allegedly used to collect the blood of lambs.

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(biblical), (archaic) a kind of vessel, basin, basket.