חמר

חֲמַרch. same. Pa. חַמּר, Af. אַחְמִיר as preced. Hif.Y.Shek.VIII, 50c bot. (read:) חמתון מקילין לון וחַ׳וכ׳ he saw them to be lax in their practices, and he enjoined strictness on them. Yeb.88a לא לִיחַמֵּירוכ׳ let one not put her under heavy restrictions (in the end), and not make it too easy for her (in the beginning, v. preced). Nidd.66a היכא דאַחְמוּרוכ׳ in those cases in which they have placed themselves under greater restrictions (than the law requires, v. preced.), they have done so (and follow the usage like a law), but where they have not (you cannot extend the adopted usage by analogy); a. fr.Part. pass. מַחְמַר, מְחַמַּר piled up, ruins; v. מַחְמר a. דִּמְחַמְרָא. Ithpa. אִתְחַמֵּר to be piled up, to form a pile of ruins (cmp. גַּל). Targ. Is. 17:9; 30:13.