שְׁבִיל

שְׁבִילm. (b. h.; שבל, Shaf. of יָבַל) path. Peah II, 1 ש׳ הרבים a public path through fields; ש׳ היחיד a private path, contrad. to דרך. Ex. R. s. 25 ב״וד עושה לו ש׳ בדרך שמא … ש׳ בים a human being makes himself a path on trodden ground, can he make himself a path in the sea?; a. fr.pl. שְׁבִילִים, שְׁבִילִין. B. Kam.81a ומהלכים בשְׁבִילֵי הרשותוכ׳ it is allowed to walk on private paths (through fields) until the second rainfall (v. רְבִיעָה); Taan.6b; Tosef.Shebi.VII, 18 ש׳ שבשדות. Lev. R. s. 4 היו לפניו שני ש׳וכ׳ if a person had before him two paths, one smooth Y. Ḥag.II, 77a bot. התורה הזו דומה לשני ש׳וכ׳ the Torah is like two paths, the one of fire, the other of snow Tanḥ. Trumah 8 (ref. to Prov. 5:6) שְׁבִילֶיהָ של תורהוכ׳ the paths of the Torah and its sections; a. e.Naz.8b מנין שבילי שמיטה Var. (v. Rashi) as many as the field paths in the Sabbatical year (ed. שבלי).בִּשְׁבִיל on account of, for the sake of; because. Ber.58a בִּשְׁבִילִי for my sake. Ib. בש׳ אשתו ובניו for his wife and children. Taan.20a בִּשְׁבִילְךָ for thy sake. Ib. b בִּשְׁבִילְכֶם for your sake. Sabb.II, 4 בש׳ שתהא מנטפת in order that it may drip. Ib. 5 בש׳ החולה שישן for the sake of a patient, that he may sleep. Succ.29a בש׳ ארבעה דברים for four reasons. Sot.46b בש׳ שכנעניוכ׳ because this Canaanite showed the way with his finger. Num. R. s. 36> שלחה בש׳וכ׳ she sent for R. J.; a. v. fr.