עמוד

עַמּוּדm. (b. h.; עָמַד II) 1) column, stand. Ex. R. s. 1, ע׳ השן an ivory column. Y.Ber.IX, 13a אדם … ועומד אחורי הע׳וכ׳ a man enters a synagogue and stands behind a stand praying silently, and the Lord listens. Bab. ib. 28b (of R. Joḥănan) ע׳ הימיני thou right-hand pillar (cmp. 1 Kings 7:21). Ex. R. s. 2, end (ref. to הנני, Ex. 3:5) במקום עַמּוּדוֹ של עולםוכ׳ thou standest in the place of the pillar of the world; Abraham said, here am I, and so dost thou; Tanḥ. Shmoth 19; a. fr.Trnsf. (v. מַעֲמַד) the group of people belonging to the maʿămad. Y.Taan.IV, 67d bot.; Y.Pes.IV, beg.30c. 2) cylinder around which a scroll is rolled, handle. Yad. III, 4 אינו … עד שיעשה לו ע׳ does not make the hands unclean, until he fastens a handle to it. B. Bath.13b כדי לגול ע׳ blank margin wide enough to roll around the cylinder. Ib. 14a ספר תורה … ועושה לו ע׳ אילך ואילך a scroll of the Law is rolled (on both sides) towards the middle of it, therefore it must have a handle on each side; Y.Meg.I, 71d; a. fr.Pl. עַמּוּדִים, עַמּוּדִין. Ib. c top; Snh.22a, v. וא״ו; a. e. 3) ע׳ השחר the morning dawn. Ber.I, 1; a. fr. 4) the fecal mass in the rectum; also the jet of urine when being discharged. Ber.62b; 25a ע׳ החוזדוכ׳ a suppressed discharge produces dropsy. Ib. כנגד ע׳ בלבד only in the sight of urine at its discharge; a. e. 5) (bot.) the central stalk of onions , the scape. Ukts. I, 2 הע׳ שהוא מכווןוכ׳ the scape as far as it is surrounded by the edible part, the scape within the bulb; ib. 3 הע׳ שאינו מכווןוכ׳ that part of the scape which protrudes above the bulb.B. Bath.IV, 5 עמודין, v. עֲכִירִים.