מִילָה

מִילָהf. (מוּל) circumcision, circumcised membrum. Sabb.130a גזרה … על המ׳ the government decreed a prohibition against circumcision. Ib. XIX, 2 עושין כל צרכי מ׳וכ׳ you may do on the Sabbath whatever is necessary in connection with circumcision (of a child on his eighth day). Ib. 24b, a. fr. מ׳ שלא בזמנה a circumcision not taking place on the eighth day. Ib. 118b במ׳ שלי at my membrum; Y.Meg.I, 72b bot. במִילָתוֹ a. v. fr.Targ. Cant. 3:8 חתימת מ׳ the seal of the covenant of circumcision.Pl. מִילוֹת Y.Sabb.XIX, I7a מיכן לשני מ׳וכ׳ from this (himmol yimmol, Gen. 17:13, lammuloth, Ex. 4:26) we learn that the act of circumcision is a complicated one, one that of cutting