עָרְלָח

עָרְלָחf. (b. h.; ערל to hang over, v. Ges. Thes. s. v. ערל) (sheath, prepuce; the uncircumcised membrum. Gen. R. s. 46 עָרְלַת הגוף the foreskin of the membrum. Sabb.134b, sq. עָרְלתוֹ ודאי דוחה את השבת the cutting of his prepuce, where there is no doubt (about the condition of the infant), supersedes the Sabbath. Ib. ע׳ כבושה, v. כָּבַש. Pes.92a הפורש מן הע׳וכ׳ he who separates himself from the prepuce (a gentile converted and circumcised) is like one that separates himself from a grave (has to undergo the lustrations of one that has been in contact with a corpse). Ned.III, 11 שאין הע׳ קרויה אלא לשמם for ʿorlah (the word ʿărelim) is used only as a general name for gentiles, v. עָרֵל. Ib. מאוסה (היא ה)ע׳ שנתגנווכ׳ uncircumcision is detestable, for it is applied to the wicked as a reproach (with ref. to Jer. 9:25); a. fr.Pl. עֲרָלוֹת, constr. עָרְלוֹת. Yeb.72a; Sabb.135b מי שיש לו שתי ע׳ if one has two prepuces; (oth. opin. two membra to be circumcised). Gen. G. s. 46, a. e. ארבע ע׳ הןוכ׳ the term ʿorlah (uncircumcision) is applied in four ways; a. fr.Trnsf. (v. Lev. 19:23) (that which is to be rejected, the fruit of trees of the first three years. Orl. I, 2 חייב בע׳ is subject to the law of ʿorlah. Ib. 6 נטיעה של ע׳ a young tree subject to the law of ʿOrlah. Ib. 7 שרף הע׳ resin of a young tree; a. fr.Tosef.Ter.V, 9, a. fr. עוֹרְלָה.ʿorlah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.