למד I, למד

לָמֵדI, לָמַד (b. h.) 1) to be joined, affixed to, v. Pi. 2) to accustom, train. Part. pass. לָמוּד, f. לְמוּדָה; pl. לְמוּדִים, לְמוּדִין; לְמוּדוֹת. Y.Ter.IV, 42d כמות שהוא ל׳ according to what he is used to. Lev. R. s. 4 אינה ל׳ מביתוכ׳ she is not used (to handle Trumah) from her fathers house. Dem. IV, 4 ואם … ל׳וכ׳ but if a priest or the poor are habitual guests at his table. Sifra Kdosh. Par. 3, ch. VI, v. לִימּוּד; a. fr. 3) to learn, study. Ab. II, 5 לא הביישן לָמֵדוכ׳ he who is bashful will not learn, nor can the hot-tempered teach, v. בַּיְישָׁן. Ib. IV, 1 הלוֹמֵד מכל אדם he who learns from everybody. Ib. 20 הל׳ ילד he who studies at an early age; הל׳ זקן who begins to study at an advanced age. Ib. I. 9 שמא … יִלְמְדוּ לשקר lest through them (your intricate cross-examinations) they may be led to tell a lie. Taan.7a; Macc.10a הרבה לָמַדְתִּיוכ׳ I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and most from my pupils; a. v. fr.B. Mets.71a, a. fr. הא לָמַדְתָּ here you learn, i. e. this proves. Targ. Esth. 1:1 מכאן אתה לָמֵד from this you will learn. Pi. לִמֵּד, לִימֵּד 1) to join: to arrange. Sabb.125b צאו ולַמְּדוּם go out and place thein (the building stones) in order (for sitting thereon the next day).V. לִימּוּדִים. 2) to train, accustom. Hor.13b יְלַמֵּד אדם עצמווכ׳ man should train his body (to relieve his bowels) early in the morning Nidd.66b לעולם ילמד אדם בתוךוכ׳ man should make it a rule in his house; a. fr.Part. pass. מְלוּמָּד, f. מְלוּמֶּדֶת; pl. מְלוּמָּדִים, מְלוּמָּדִין; מְלוּמָּדוֹת trained, experienced. Snh.109a top (in Chald. dict.) דמל׳ בניסין הוא for he has experience in miracles. Taan.25a. Succ.29a מפני שמל׳ במכות הן (not במכותיהן; Ms. M. שרגילין) because they (the Jews) have experience in afflictions; a. e. 3) to teach, instruct; to argue. Keth.50a הלומד … ומְלַמְּדָהּ he who studies the Law and teaches it. Pes.112a לַמְּדֵנִי תורה teach me the Law; איני מְלַמֶּדְךָ I will not teach thee. Ib כשאתה מְלַמֵּד … לַמְּדֵהוּוכ׳. when thou teachest thy son, teach him from a revised (correct) copy. Snh.19b אהרן ילד ומשה לי׳וכ׳ Aaron begot (his sons), but Moses taught them, therefore they are recorded under his name; a. v. fr.מְלַמֵּד תינוקות primary teacher, Ib. 17b. B. Bath.21a מְלַמְּדֵי ת׳ teachers.ל׳ זכות על to argue in favor of, to plead for; ל׳ חובה to plead against. Sabb.32a ואפי׳ … מְלַמְּדִים … ואחד מלמד עליו זכות ניצול and even if nine hundred … plead against him, and one (good deed) for him, he will be saved; a. v. fr.Esp. (in textual interpret.) to lead, hint, throw light on. Sifra Emor Par. 4, ch. 4 הייתי אומר תושב … בא שכיר ולי׳ על התושבוכ׳ I might have thought toshab (Lev. 22:10) meant one hired for a limited period; therefore sakhir (ibid.) comes in to throw light on toshab that it means one bought for life; Kidd.4a; Yeb.70a.Sifra introd. יצא מן הכלל לְלַמֵּד is specified for the sake of illustration, v. כְּלָל. Meil.11b, a. fr. שני כתובים … אין מְלַמְּדִין two verses which coincide (teach the same), prove nothing, cannot serve as an illustration for similar cases; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְלַמֵּד to practice. Gitt.24b; Zeb.2b בסופרים העשויים להִתְלַמֵּדוכ׳ it treats of scribes who are in the habit of writing documents merely for practice. Gitt.60a לכתוב … להתל׳ בה to write one portion of the Pentateuch for a child for practicing purposes; a. fr.