- נְגַס
- נְגַסch. sam(נגס to break off; to bite off.), esp. to break bread, eat. Y.Ber.VII, 11b bot. מן דיתבין נַגְסִין ed. Lehm. (ed. אכלין) when they sat down to dine; Gen. R. s. 91; Yalk. ib. 148 נגשין. Lev. R. s. 34 ונָגֵיס, v. לְעִי. Koh. R. to IV, 6 רעותיה דמתקרי לעי ונגיס it is his ambition to be called one who works for a living; a. e.(Esth. R. to I, 8 מִיגַּס; Lev. R. s. 28 דיִגְּסוּן, v. גְּסַס, some of the citations in which may belong to our w.
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