- סייח
- סַיָּיח, סַיָּחm. foal, young ass. B. Bath.V, 3. Ib. 78b, v. סִיחָה. R. Hash. 3a סיחון שדומה לס׳וכ׳ he was named Sihon, because he was (quick or untamed) as a foal in the desert. Pesik. Ekha, p. 123a>, v. כָּפָה; a. e.Pl. סַיָּיחִים, סַיָּיחִין. Y.Taan.II, 65b ס׳ מבפנים ואימותיהןוכ׳ foals (sucklings) within and their mothers without; (Bab. ib. 16a הבהמות … והוולדות). Y.B. Mets.II, 8c bot. (read:) שלא יאכיל … סייח לס׳ he must not feed … foals with a foal (sell one of the animals in his keeping to feed the others). Tosef. ib. II, 20. Lev. R. s. 20, a. e. הרבה ס׳ מתווכ׳ many foals died and their skins were spread on their mothers backs (many old men survive the young); a. fr.Fem. סַיָּיחָה. Esth. R. to III, 1; Yalk. ib. 1053,
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