גְּמַד

גְּמַד(cmp. קמט, קמץ) to contract, shrink, be tight. Pes.111a גְּמוּד מסאניה (Ms. M. גמד) his shoes shrank (became too tight). Ḥull.43a גמדא ליה (the gullet) contracts. Gitt.57a גמדא the land shrinks, opp. רווחא. Yoma 69a; Bets.15a האי נמטא גמד̇א דנרש וכ׳ the shrunk (hard) mattress of Narash (which does not warm) is permitted (does not come under the law of כִּלְאַיִם).Part. pass. גְּמִיד contracted, atrophied. Targ. Jud. 3:15; 20:16 (h. text אִטֵּר q. v.).