- רמז
- רָמַז(to move, cmp. רָמַשׂ, to nod, gesticulate, hint. Gitt. V, 7 חרש רוֹמֵז ונִרְמַז a deaf-mute person may transact business by gesticulating and being spoken to by gestures (with hands and head, contrad. to קָפַץ). Gen. R. s. 93 ר׳ למנשה he motioned to Manasseh; a. fr.Trnsf. to intimate, hint. Sabb.113b רֶמֶז רָ׳ להוכ׳ he intimated to her that Cant. R. to I, 15 רמז רָמְזָה לנחוכ׳ she (the dove, by bringing an olive leaf) hinted to Noah, as if saying ; a. e. Pi. רִמֵּז same. Ib. to I, 9 והיתה מְרַמֶּזֶתוכ׳ she motioned to her captors saying to them, I am yours Nif. נִרְמַז to be spoken to by gestures, v. supra.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.