קצה

קצי, קָצָה(b. h.) 1) to scrape. Sifra Mtsorʿa, Neg., ch. IV, Par. 7 חולץ וקוֹצֶה וטח he must tear out (the leprous stone) and scrape (the wall) and plaster, v. קָצַע. 2) (of figs) to cut, dry, and store; to harvest. Maasr. II, 7 השוכר … לִקְצוֹת עמווכ׳ if a man hires a laborer to help him in the fig harvest. Ib. III, 1 המעביר … לקצות if a person brings figs over to his court to prepare them for storage. Y. ib. II, 50a bot. להיות … וקוֹצִין אחת that they eat nine portions and store one; a. fr.V. מוּקְצֶה. 3) to separate, set aside. Nidd.X, 7 (71b) קוֹצָה לה חלה she may separate the priests share of the dough; Y.Ber.VIII, 12a; a. e. 4) to carry off, reduce, level a hill. Cant. R. to V, 11 the fool says, מי יכול לקצות את זה who can level this (mound)?; הריני קוֹצֶהוכ׳ I will carry off two loads to-day …, until I have levelled the entire mound; Lev. R. s. 19 לקצות … קוצץ; (Yalk. Cant. 989 לפנות … קודח). Hof. הוּקְצָה to be cut off, separated. Tosef.B. Bath.III, 5 החורשין המוּקְצִין בפני עצמן the forests (near a township) which are isolated (a plantation detached from the town); B. Bath.68b המוקצין לה which are separate but opening into it; corrected המוקצין ממנה separated from it; Y. ib. IV, 14c bot. החורשים הצוקצין ממנה (not הטרשים; corr. quot. s. v. טֶרֶש).Esp. to be set aside, be designated for a special purpose and forbidden for any other use (v. מוּקְצֶה). Sabb.45a הואיל וה׳ למצותוה׳ לאיסורו as the oil was set aside for its religious purpose (for the Sabbath light), it was at the same time set aside as an object prohibited to be used otherwise (during the Sabbath day). Ib. ולית ליהה׳ למצותו and does he (R. Simon) not adopt the opinion that an object set aside for a religious act is forbidden for any other use (for the time being)?; a. e.Part. מוּקְצֶה q. v.