מנע

מָנַע(b. h.) (to cut off, to withhold, refuse, refrain. Pes.113b המוֹנֵעַ מנעלים מרגליו he who denies shoes to his feet. Keth.96a המונע תלמידו מלשמשו כאילו מונעוכ׳ he who denies to his pupil the privilege of attendance, is considered as if denying kindness to him. Ber.10a, sq. אל יִמְנַע עצמו מן הרחמים must not cut himself off from (despair of) divine mercy. Gen. R. s. 76, end (ref. to Job 6:14) מָנַעְתָּ מרעךוכ׳ thou (Jacob) didst refuse kindness to thy friend (Job); a. fr. Nif. נִמְנַע 1) to restrain ones self; to shrink. Eduy. IV, 8; Yeb. I, 4 לא נִמְנְעוּ (מ)לישאוכ׳ they did not refrain from intermarriage. Ib. לא נ׳ (להיות) עושין טהרותוכ׳ they did not shrink from relying on one another in the observances of levitical pureness; Tosef. ib. I, 10. Ib. 12 מן הספק לא היו נִמְנָעִין (אבל) נמנעיןוכ׳ they did not shrink (from interchange) where the case was doubtful ; Yeb.14b. Gitt.36a נמנעו מלהלוותוכ׳ they hesitated to lend money to one another; a. fr. 2) to be withheld. Num. R. s. 15 נִמְנְעָה השמחהוכ׳ (some ed. נִמְנַעַת) joy was withheld from the wicked and given to Hif. הִמְנִיעַ to keep apart. Y.Taan.I, 64b top שאת מַמְנִיעָן זו מזו for thou keepest them (the rain-drops) from commingling (v. דָּפוּס); Y.Ber.IX, 14a top ממנימען (corr. acc.).