- נחית
- נְחַת, נְחֵיתch. sam(נחתto be put down, to go down), to go down. Impf. יֵחוֹת, inf. מֵיחָת, מֵיחוּת, imper. חוֹת. Targ. Ex. 15:5. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:26; a. fr.Targ. Y. II Gen. 49:23 למִנְחֲתָא, some ed. למִנְחַתָּא, read: למְנַחֲתָא Pa.Sabb.41a כי נָחֵית when one is going down (to bathe). Ib. כי קא נָחֲתֵי when they were going down. Meg.25a ההוא דנ׳וכ׳ a man went down (to the praying desk) in the presence of B. Kam.39a נ׳ לעומקוכ׳ goes down to the depth of the law; a. fr.B. Bath. 133a נַחֲתָא לדיקלא she seizes the palm-tree for her widowhood, v. יָרַד. Pa. נַחֵית 1) to put down. Yoma 47a ונַחֶתֵיהוכ׳ and let him put down the pan; v. חֲחֵי I. 2) to lower, remove. Targ. Y. II Gen. 49:23 (v. supra; Y. I למַחְתָּא Af.). Af. אָחֵית, אַנְחֵית to put down, rest; to let come down. Targ. O. Deut. 28:56 (h. text הַצֵּג). Targ. Y. I Gen. 49:23, v. supra. Targ. O. ib. 2:5. Targ. Ez. 23:15; a. fr.Part. pass. (מָחֵית) מַחַת; f. מַתֲתָא; pl. מַחֲתִין; מַחֲתָן placed, resting, lying; inlaid. Targ. O. Gen. 8:11 (ed. Vien. נָחִית; Y. מְחִית). Targ. Jer. 24:1. Targ. Esth. 8:15; a. fr.Pesik. Bshall., p. 91a> והוא מַנְחֵית לכון and he will take bread down out of the oven (cmp. רָדָה II). Taan.21b הוה מָחֵית גבריוכ׳ used to place men apart Sabb.101a גוד אָחֵיתוכ׳, v. נְגַד. Ned.91b הוו מַחֲתָן תחליוכ׳ cress was deposited there. B. Bath.69a, a. fr. Ithpe. אִיתְנְחַת, Ithpa. אִיתָּחַת 1) to be brought down. Targ. Gen. 39:1. Targ. Ez. 31:17; a. fr.Y.Peah XIII, 21a bot. איתנחת מן ניכסוי became poor, v. יָרַד; Y.Keth XI, 34b bot. 2) (of an argument) to be settled. B. Bath. 129a אִנַּחֲתַת לן חדא, v. נוּחַ Ithpe.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.