- אפשר
- אֶפְשַׁר(אֶוְשַׁר) אֶיפְשַׁר m. (פשר) division, space between, alternative, whence possibility; it is possible. Targ. Job 14:14; a. fr.Ḥull.11b היכא דא׳ א׳ where it is possible (to ascertain facts), it is possible (we must do), but where it is impossible Yeb.61b sq. אין דנין א׳ משאי א׳ we cannot form an analogy between a case where there is an alternative and one where there is none. Sabb.129a לא א׳ ליה he has no means. Y.Sot.VII, 21c bot. אי א׳ לומר you cannot say. Taan.3b אי א׳ לעולםוכ׳ the world cannot exist without ; a. fr.
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