לכלך

לִכְלֵךְ, לִיכְ׳(cmp. לְכַךְ) 1) (= לחלח) to moisten; to season by dipping into vinegar Ruth R. to II, 14 (v. לִכְלוּךְ) של׳ מעשיו כחומץ ממעשים רעים he (Manasseh) amended his conduct as if with vinegar (freeing it) from bad deeds.Part. pass. מְלוּכְלָךְ, f. מְלוּכְלֶכֶת; pl. מְלוּכְלָכִים; מְלוּכְלָכוֹת. Y. Ḥag.III, 78d מל׳ במשקה dipped in liquid, contrad. to מלוא משקה, opp. to נגיב. Y.Sabb.XII, 16b top אם מל׳ במשקה if the cane is saturated with oil. Ker.13a טיפה מל׳ עלוכ׳ the drop with which the nipple is moistened; a. e. 2) to soil, stain; to defile. Midr. Prov. to 21:22; Yalk. Prov. 944 (ref. to Prov. l. c.) אם … היא מְלַכְלְכוֹ בטיט if thou puttest a golden ornament on the nose of a swine, it will soil it with mud ; כךת״ח … מְלַכְלֵךְ את תורתי so does a scholar … soil his learning; (Midr. Prov. l. c. מקלקל).Part. pass. as ab. Yoma 77b היו ידיו מלוכלכותוכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 100) if his hands are soiled Gen. R. s. 65 הייתי משמשו בבגדים מל׳ I used to attend him in soiled (working) garments. Ex. R. s. 22, end (ref. to Job 16:17) מי שידיו מל׳ בגזלוכ׳ he whose hands are soiled with robbery, will call … but not be answered. Ib. s. 27, end מל׳ בעבירות soiled with sins. Lev. R. s. 1, v. אִסְפַּקְלַרְיָא; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְלַכְלֵךְ, Nithpa. נִתְלַכְלֵךְ 1) to be moistened, flavored. Pesik. Bshall., p. 92b> מִתְלַכְלְכִין היווכ׳ (not מתלכלין) they were perfumed with the moisture of the herbs ; v. נִּעְגֵּעַ; Yalk. Deut. 850. 2) to be soiled. Y.B. Kam.III, 3c נִתְלַכְלְכוּ כליו (not נתכלכלו; Bab. ib. 30a נטנפו) if his garments were soiled. Gen. R. s. 65 מִתְלַכְלֵךְ בעוונות defiles himself with sins. Ex. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to I, 5 מִתְלַכְלֶכֶת, v. כָּבַס. Esth. R. to II, 7 נִתְלַכְלַכְתִּי בטומאה I became soiled with impurity; a. e.