כתת

כָּתַת(b. h.) (to join closely (in a friendly or hostile sense);Denom. כַּתְּ;) to press, crush. Part. pass. כָּתוּת, one whose parts are crushed. Sifra Emor Par. 7, ch. VII; Kidd.25b; Bekh.39b. Pi. כִּיתֵּת 1) to strike. Gen. R. s. 22 (with ref. to Ps. 89:24) התחיל מְכַתְּתוֹ he began to strike him; Yalk. ib. 36; Yalk. Ps. 840. Midr. Till. to Ps. 23 היהמה״מ מְכַתֵּתוכ׳ the angel of death smote fifteen thousand and some of them. Ber.63b (play on ה̇ס̇כ̇ת̇, Deut. 27:9) כַּתְּתוּ עצמיכםוכ׳ expose yourselves to being smitten (by death) over the study of the Law. 2) to pound, pulverize. Ab. Zar.44a כִּיתְּתוֹ ground it (the bronze serpent) to powder.Trnsf. (cmp. גרס) to discuss, argue. Ber. l. c. ה̇ס̇ ואח״כ כַֹּתֵֹּת first listen (and receive) and then discuss.Part. pass. מְכוּתָּת, f. מְכוּתֶּתֶת, pl. מְכוּתָּתִין, v. כָּתַש.