מַמְזֵר

מַמְזֵרm. (b. h.; מזר, sec. r. of זר, cmp. מַמְגֻּרָה, מִמְכָּר, v. Arnheim Hebr. Gr. p. 17 3) (rejected, outcast, bastard. Yeb. IV, 13 איוהי מ׳ כל שארוכ׳ who is a mamzer? The issue of any connection forbidden in the Torah; (oth. opin.) כל שחייבין עליו כרתוכ׳ the issue of a connection forbidden under the penalty of extinction; a. fr.Pl. מַמְזִרֵים, מַמְזֵרִין, מַמְזֵי׳. Kidd. III, 13 יכולין מ׳ ליטהר there is a possibility for the issue of bastards to be rehabilitated. Yeb.VIII, 3. Y. ib. 9c bot. מַמְזֵירֵיהֶן the bastards among them; a. fr.Fem. מַמְזֶרֶת. Tosef.Kidd.V, 2. Yeb.78b; a. fr.