לְתַת

לְתַתch. sam(לתת to wash or moisten grain). Pes.36a (read:) מִילְתַּת נמי נִילְתּוֹת (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9; Ms. M. ליתותי, read לַתּוּתֵי Pa.) let it also be permitted to wash (the grain for the meal-offerings), Y.Gitt I, 43c מה אתון לָתִין how do you moisten the wheat (without fitting it for levitical uncleanness)?אנן שלקין ביעין ולתין במיהון we boil eggs and wash with the water in which they were boiled; Y.Shebi.V, 36c top (corr. acc.) br/> p style="font-weight:bold; font-size:16pt; margin-top:72pt; text-align:center;" lang="en-US"> p style="font-size:12pt; margin-top:18pt; text-indent:18pt;" lang="en-US"> מ מMem, the thirteenth letter of the Alphabet. It interchanges with נ, esp. in the plural termination ים, (Chald.) ין, e. g. קוֹרְאִין = קוֹרְאִים, חִטִּין = חִטִּים , with ב, v. letter ב.מ is frequently inserted for emphasizing a succeeding labial, cmp. סַמְפִּירִינוֹן a. סַפִּיר, זַמְבְּלִיגָא a. זַבְלִיגָא מ as a preformative letter in denominatives, e. g. מִזְבֵּחַ from זבח, מַדְבְּחָא from דבח, מְאוֹרָע from ארע