- לתת
- לָתַת(cmp. לוּש a. Arab. latta) to stir, mix, esp. to stir the grain in water for the purpose of moistening it before grinding, in gen. to wash or moisten grain. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 9 ולא לְתָתָן and the miller omitted to moisten it. Tosef.Makhsh.III, 2 ללוֹתְתָן בטלוכ׳ to have them washed in the dew or rain. Pes.36a אין לוֹתְתִיןוכ׳ must not be washed before grinding; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.