חטט

חָטַט 1) to dig, cut out (of the sucket), hollow out. Mikv. IV, 3 החוֹטֵט בצינורוכ׳ if one makes a cavity in a water pipe for the deposit of pebbles. Gen. R. s. 34 היה חוטט אתוכ׳ the embryo would cut its way through Kidd.24b וחֲטָטָהּ and he (the master) cut it (the eye) out. 2) to rake, clean a well. M. Kat. I, 2 וחוֹטְטִין אותן and you may clean the wells. Ib. 5a ח׳ … ואין חופריןוכ׳ you may clean …, but not dig (deepen) (Ib. ולא חוטטין לתוכן you must not rake pebbles into them; v., however vers. Ms. M., Rabb. D. S. a. l.Y. ib. 80b bot. חוטטין אותן גרפין לוןוכ׳ (not חוטטן) ḥottin means ‘they rake them, as we read (Mikv. l. c.). 3) to take sheaves out with a rake. Succ.I, 8 החוטט בגדישוכ׳ if one takes sheaves out of a stack, so as to form a shed (Succah). Ib. 15a. Pi. חִטֵּט 1) to rake. Y.Sabb.III, beg.5c צריך לחַטֵּט בידוכ׳ he must rake (coals and ashes out of the oven) with a handle, which proves that he must clean thoroughly. 2) to make holes, to pick. Tosef.Mikv.VII (VIII), 2 אוצין צריך לחטט Var. (ed. Zuck. לחַטְחֵט) if the holes in the baskets are filled up with grapes , one must clean them by picking. B. Kam.18a תרנגולין שהיו מְחַטְּטִיןוכ׳ chickens that picked on the rope of a bucket. Tosef.B. Mets. VIII, 30 שמְחַטְּטִין אתוכ׳ (Var. שמְחַטְחֲטִין) for they pick holes in the walls. 3) (with אחר) to dig after, to trace with the knife. Ḥull.74b; Tosef. Ib. VII, 54. 4) to trim. Sabb.90a; Men.107a, v. מָחַט. Pilp. חִטְחֵט same. Y.Orl.III, 63a מצוי לחַטְחֵט אחריו it is likely that they dig after it (to take it out of the ground); a. e. (v. supra). Nif. נֶחֶטַט to be dug out, picked out. Kidd.24b נֶחְטְטָח עינה if the birds eye was picked out; Zeb.VII, 5 (68b) Ar. (ed. נסמית). Hithpa. הִתְחַטֵּט to be exhumed. Yeb.63b מתים מִתְחַטְּטִין the dead are exhumed (by the Guebres). Polel (of חוט), part. מְחוֹטֵט (v. מַחַט) stinging (the eye), dazzling, v. infra. Hithpol. הִתְחוֹטֵט to be cut (of jewels), to be polished, glisten. Meg.12a (play on בה̇ט̇, Esth. 1:6) אב̇נים שמִתְח̇וֹטְ֗טֹות על בעליהןוי״א אב̇נים המְח̇וֹטְ֗טוֹת לעינים במקומן Ms. F. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) stones which glisten on those who wear them, and some say, Stones which dazzle the eyes in the place where they are found.