נקש

נְקַשch. sam(נקשto strike against; to touch closely), to strike against; to knock, drive in. Targ. II Esth. 6:10, sq. Targ. Jud. 4:21 (ed. Wil. נקיש׳); a. e.Snh.25b אנא ידענא למִנְקַשוכ׳ Ar. (ed. לנַקּוּשֵׁי, Pa.; Rashi בנְקָשָׁא) I know better how to clap (at the pigeon-race). B. Kam.52b איבעי ליה למיזיל ומִינְקַש עליה it was his duty to go and knock upon it (to try the soundness of the board). B. Mets.59a (prov.) כמִשְׁלַם … נָקֵיש ואזיל תיגרא when the barley is gone out of the pitcher, quarrel knocks and comes in; a. e. Pa. נַקֵּש same, v. supra. Af. אַקֵּיש 1) same. Y.B. Bath.IV, end, 15c; Y.Gitt.III, end, 45b מַקְּשִׁין על גרבאוכ׳ they knock at the vessel outside and know what is in it. Lev. R. s. 6 נסתיה … ואַקְּשֵׁיה לארעא he took the cane and knocked it against the floor; a. e. 2) to compare. Targ. Job 30:19 (sec. Vers.)Zeb.5b מאי חזית דאֵקְּשַׁת … אַקְּשָׁהּ לחטאת (ed. אַקֵּיש) why do you compare it with peace offerings? Compare it with sin offerings; Yalk. Lev. 470. Snh.15a לאַקּוּשֵׁיוכ׳ to place on an equal footing ; a. e. Ithpe. אִתְנְקַש to be knocked together. Targ. Koh. 12:3 (of the trembling hands of the age-stricken; h. text התעותו). Ittaf. אִיתַּקַּש to be set side by side, be compared. Pes.61a (ref. to Ex. 12:4) א׳ אוכלין למנויין those who partake of the Passover lamb are placed on an equal footing with those who are entered as shareholders, i. e. it must be slaughtered in behalf only of those entered and of such among them as are able to partake. Snh.15a עבד א׳ לקרקעות a slave is classed with landed estate. Ib. 63a אִיתַּקּוּשֵׁי אִיתַּקּוּש they (the bowing and the sacrificing to the idol) are legally alike; a. fr.