- מֵצַח
- מֵצַחm. (b. h.; צחח to glisten) forehead. Koh. R. to XII, 2 והירח זה המ׳ ‘and the moon (ib.) means the forehead; Lev. R. s. 18 והאור זה המ׳ (Sabb.151b זו פרחת). Yoma 7b, a. e. עודהו על מִצְחוֹ as long as it (the plate) is on the high priests forehead; a. e.Trnsf. effrontery. Tanḥ. Trmn. 11 לכפר על מ׳ הנחשת to atone for the brazen front. Kidd.70b עזות מ׳, v. עַזּוּת; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
