- דוש
- דּוּש(b. h.), part. a. perf. דָּש 1) to tread, trample, thresh. Sabb.VII, 2 הדָּש he who threshes (on the Sabbath); a. fr.Euphem. for sexual contact. Nidd.41b. Gen. R. s. 85. Pes.87b; a. e.דוש בעקב to trample with ones heel, to treat lightly, not to heed. Ab. Zar.18a. Lev. R. s. 27. 2) to walk about, be familiar, well-known. Meg.24b אם היה דש בעירו if he has been a familiar figure in his town (so that people do not mind his bodily disfigurement); Y.Taan.IV, beg.67b; a. fr. Pi. דִּיֵּיש to trample. Ex. R. s. 15 הייתם מְדַיְּישִׁין את העץוכ׳ you used to tread upon this piece of wood. Midr. Till. to Ps. 8:3 מְדַיֵּיש עליך בעפר even one who treads upon thee as upon dust. Gen. R. s. 44 דַּיְּישֵׁם tread upon them. Polel דּוֹשֵׁש, v. דָּשַׁש.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.