Comprehensive Vocab- Talmud Fall 2013

Question 1

כיצד

Answer 1

how/how so?

Question 2

הן הן

Answer 2

these (are)…

Question 3

תמא דידן

Answer 3

our tanna, i.e., the anonymous tanna of the mishnah under discussion

Question 4

איקלעו) איקלע)

Answer 4

he came (to) (they came [to])

Question 5

יחידאה

Answer 5

individual/ lone (view)

Question 6

כוותיה

Answer 6

like him

Question 7

מעשה ו…

Answer 7

(There was) a case…/It happened once that…

Question 8

תפשוט מינה

Answer 8

derive from it

Question 9

לא שנא… לא שנא…

Answer 9

There is no difference between … and…

Question 10

נמצא

Answer 10

lit.: it was found - i.e., it turned out

Question 11

מי איכא

Answer 11

is there (such a thing/view)?

Question 12

תנא קמא

Answer 12

the first tanna - i.e., the “author” of an anonymous statement which opens a mishnah or beraitta

Question 13

שכיב

Answer 13

died

Question 14

חמיו\ חמותו

Answer 14

his father-in-law/mother-in-law

Question 15

ממילא

Answer 15

of itself, “automatically”

Question 16

verb + הדר

Answer 16

do (verb) again/repeatedly

Question 17

(כללו של דבר (כללא דמילתא

Answer 17

The rule of the matter is 
-Formulates a general 
principle that is operating in 
the case(s) previously 
presented.

Question 18

מאי לאו א\ל

Answer 18

Is it not [referring] to...?
-Proposes a particular 
interpretation of/assumption 
about a passage or statement 
just cited. The response is 
usually לא, no - the 
assumption is not correct

Question 19

תיובתא

Answer 19

[this is] a refutaton
-Indicates that an amoraic 
statement/view has been 
conclusively refuted (usually 
based on a tannaitic source); 
the discussion is thereby 
closed.

Question 20

תנו רבנן

Answer 20

Our rabbis taught
-Introduces a tannaitic source 
(usually one that begins with 
an anonymous statement), to 
begin a discussion on it.

Question 21

ואמרי לה

Answer 21

and some say it
-Gives an alternate version of 
who transmitted a tradition, 
or sometimes of the content 
of the tradition itself.

Question 22

מנין\מניין

Answer 22

From where (is it derived)?
-Seeks (usually) the scriptural source of a statement under discussion.

Question 23

ואימא

Answer 23

Say…!
-Proposes a change, in a text or in interpretation; can be a challenge to/rejection of a proposal, or a resolution to a question.

Question 24

ההוא מיבעי ליה ל…

Answer 24

That is needed by him for…
-Responds to/resolves a suggestion that a biblical
expression is unusual or superfluous.

Question 25

במה דברים אומרים

Answer 25

Regarding what are the(se) words said?
-Used (usually in/in reference to tannaitic sources) to limit the scope of a previous statement or ruling to a
specific scenario or set of circumstances

Question 26

דתניא

Answer 26

As it is taught

-Introduces a tannaitic source being brought as a support.

Question 27

איני והא

Answer 27

Is that so?! But…!
-Introduces a contradiction/challenge to what has just
been said or cited.

Question 28

שמע מינה #

Answer 28

Derive from it # (of legal conclusions)
-Indicates that a certain number of conclusions -
which will then been enumerated - can be drawn
from the source or case just cited.

Question 29

בשלמא … אלא …

Answer 29

This is reasonable... but...
-An attack/challenge - one 
side or position can be 
understood because..., but 
the other side or position has 
the following problem

Question 30

כי תניא ההיא

Answer 30

When that was taught (it was in reference to...)
-Resolves a difficulty or 
rejects a proof by limiting the 
scope of the tannaitic source 
under discussion.

Question 31

פלוני היינו אלמוני

Answer 31

(The view of) Ploni is the same as the (view of) Almoni!
-A problem - two tannaim in 
one source have made 
separate statements that 
appear to be the same or 
have the same practical 
import (one or the other is 
thus redundant).

Question 32

איכא בינייהו

Answer 32

There is (this difference) between them.
-Resolves an apparent 
redundancy between two 
views by presenting a 
scenario in which there is a 
practical/halakhic difference 
between them

Question 33

ותניא אידך

Answer 33

And another (beraitta) is taught
-Introduces a second tannaitic 
source that (usually...) 
contradicts one that has just 
been cited.

Question 34

קשיין אהדדי

Answer 34

They contradict each other!
-Points out that two sources
just cited appear to
contradict each other.

Question 35

ת”ר

Answer 35

תנו רבנן

Question 36

אפי

Answer 36

אפילו

Question 37

ב”ה\ב”ש

Answer 37

בית הלל\בית שמאי

Question 38

אע”פ

Answer 38

אף על פי

Question 39

א”י

Answer 39

ארץ ישראל

Question 40

ר”ל

Answer 40

רצונו לומר

Question 41

חכ”א

Answer 41

חכמים אומרים

Question 42

תניא נמי הכי

Answer 42

It is also taught thus
-Introduces a tannaitic source 
that corroborates something 
that has just been stated or 
concluded.

Question 43

הכי נמי

Answer 43

here too

Question 44

דלמא

Answer 44

maybe/perhaps

Question 45

מילתא

Answer 45

thing/word

Question 46

(תשמיש (המטה

Answer 46

sex

Question 47

למיפק

Answer 47

to go out (יוצא)

Question 48

פירקא

Answer 48

study session

Question 49

ובלבד ש…

Answer 49

provided that,,,/but only if…

Question 50

היכי

Answer 50

how

Question 51

ואילך

Answer 51

and onwards

Question 52

עד ש (+verb)

Answer 52

until

Question 53

בעלמא

Answer 53

in general

Question 54

מכאן ואילך

Answer 54

from here/now on

Question 55

כל שכן

Answer 55

all the moreso

Question 56

מכלל

Answer 56

it implies

Question 57

אין

Answer 57

yes

Question 58

כי היכי

Answer 58

just as

Question 59

עדיף

Answer 59

better, superior, preferable

Question 60

טפי

Answer 60

more/more so/even more

Question 61

אלא מעתה

Answer 61

But from now
-A challenge - if what has just 
been said/proposed is right, 
the following problematic 
conclusion would follow

Question 62

דאי לא תימא הכי

Answer 62

For if you do not say this/so
-Supports an argument or 
explantion by suggesting that 
if it is not accepted, the other 
possible alternative cannot 
be true

Question 63

אמר לך ר פלוני

Answer 63

Rabbi Ploni would/could say to you
-Provides an argument or 
response that a rabbi could 
have made to a challenge 
(but didn’t make himself)

Question 64

שאני

Answer 64

It is different
-Resolves a challenge, 
difficulty, or apparent 
contradiction between 
sources/cases

Question 65

תא שמע

Answer 65

Come and hear
-Introduces a source that will
be used to try to answer the
larger question on the table

Question 66

רמינהו

Answer 66

(And) pit them (against each other) (i.e., note the 
contradiction between them)
-Points out an apparent 
contradiction between two 
sources (one already cited, 
one about to be cited) of 
equal authority

Question 67

אמר מר

Answer 67

The master has stated
-Introduces a quotation from a 
(usually tannaitic) source 
already cited, in order to 
comment on it

Question 68

תיובתא דפלוני תיובתא

Answer 68

This refutation of Ploni is a (conclusive) refutation
-The conclusion of a 
challenge to the position of 
an amora - the challenge 
(usually from a tannaitic 
source) is valid and the 
amora refuted.

Question 69

ה”נ

Answer 69

הכי נמי

Question 70

ע”ג

Answer 70

על גבי

Question 71

ת”ש

Answer 71

תא שמע

Question 72

כ”ש

Answer 72

כל שכו

Question 73

אע”ג

Answer 73

אף על גב

Question 74

גבו

Answer 74

within

Question 75

מנו

Answer 75

who is he/it?

Question 76

מאן דהוא

Answer 76

someone

Question 77

למאן דאמר

Answer 77

according to the one who says

Question 78

נמנע

Answer 78

refrain

Question 79

אחד… ואחד…

Answer 79

… and … are the same/have the same rule

Question 80

יצא ידי …

Answer 80

fulfilled the obligation/mitzvah of…

Question 81

בזיון

Answer 81

disgrace, disrespect

Question 82

תיקו

Answer 82

Let it stand (sometimes taken to be an abbreviation for תשבי יתרץ קושיות ובעיות)
-Leaves a question/topic of
discussion unresolved

Question 83

אתמר \ איתמר

Answer 83

It was stated
-Introduces an amoraic
statement or topic of
discussion

Question 84

הכי גרסינן

Answer 84

We read thus
-Used by Rashi and Rishonim
to indicate a preferred
version of the Talmud text

Question 85

קשיא

Answer 85

It is difficult
-When appearing after a 
challenge/at the end of a 
sugya, this means the 
difficulty that has been raised 
remains unresolved

Question 86

מאי קרא

Answer 86

What is the verse?
-What is the scriptural source
for the halakha or aggada
that has just been stated?

Question 87

ממשמע שנאמר… איני יודע

Answer 87

From the implication of what is said (in scripture)... do I not know...
-Based on this citation of 
scripture, wouldn’t a certain 
conclusion be obvious? 
Therefore, the text must be 
teaching something 
additional.

Question 88

ה”ג

Answer 88

הכי גרסינן

Question 89

למ”ד

Answer 89

למאן דאמר

Question 90

ל”ק

Answer 90

לא קשיא

Question 91

ב”ד

Answer 91

בית דין

Question 92

ביהכ”נ

Answer 92

בית הכנסת

Question 93

אף על פי כן

Answer 93

even so/nevertheless

Question 94

מאן דאמר

Answer 94

the one who said

Question 95

איידי ד…

Answer 95

since

Question 96

כ… דמי

Answer 96

it is like…

Question 97

הלכך

Answer 97

therefore

Question 98

לימא כתנאי

Answer 98

Shall we say this is like the tannaim?
-Based on this citation of 
scripture, wouldn’t a certain 
conclusion be obvious? 
Therefore, the text must be 
teaching something 
additional.

Question 99

מר… ומר…

Answer 99

One master (rabbi)… and/while the (other) master…
-A formula to present an explanation of
a controversy between two authorities.

Question 100

(ממאי… (דלמא

Answer 100

From what (what is your proof)...? (Perhaps...)
-Introduces a challenge questioning the 
assumptions underlying something 
that has just been said - perhaps there 
is another plausible explanation...

Question 101

עד כאן לא קאמר… אלא

Answer 101

Ploni only said... [what he said]... up to this point, but...
-Limits the scope of a halakhah or 
controversy - what Ploni said only 
applies in that case/specific scenario, 
but in a different case/scenario, he 
might/would say something different.

Question 102

אזדא\אזלא)ר פלוני לטעמיה)

Answer 102

R. Ploni (goes) [according to] his (own)
reason/principle; Ploni is consistent with his view (elsewhere)
-The rule just stated by an amora is
consistent with the underlying
principle of another halakha that he
has stated elsewhere (and which will
now be cited here).

Question 103

לא שנו אלא… אבל

Answer 103

They only taught... but...
-An amora limits the scope of a 
tannaitic source: this source only 
applies to the following circumstances 
(but under other circumstances a 
different rule would apply)

Question 104

חד אמר… וחד אמר

Answer 104

One says… and one (the other) says…
-This phrase is used for a debate
between two rabbis, when it is not
known which one held which view

Question 105

תסתיים

Answer 105

Conclude/clarify
-When the gemara has cited a dispute 
in which it is not known which person 
took which position, this term 
introduces an attempt to prove that 
one of the authorities may reasonably 
associated with one of the positions 
(and the other with the other position).

Question 106

איכא דמתני לה\להא א…

Answer 106

There are those who teach it (in reference) to...
-There are those who say that the 
previous amoraic statement applies to 
the following case/tannaitic source, 
rather than in reference to the 
case/source mentioned earlier.

Question 107

אטו

Answer 107

is it/is that to say… (?!)
-Introduces a rhetorical question
(usually one of astonishment)

Question 108

אעפ”כ

Answer 108

אף על פי כן

Question 109

ע”כ

Answer 109

עד כאן

Question 110

בין… בין

Answer 110

whether… or…

Question 111

שמעתא

Answer 111

teaching

Question 112

מעיקרא

Answer 112

from the outset

Question 113

לכתחילה

Answer 113

from the outset/ to begin with

Question 114

דילמא

Answer 114

maybe/perhaps

Question 115

שמא

Answer 115

lest

Question 116

שרי

Answer 116

permitted מתר

Question 117

ליכא ל… +(verb)

Answer 117

there is no [basis] to (verb_, it is not possible to (verb)

Question 118

מיהו

Answer 118

however

Question 119

נפיק מינה

Answer 119

What is derived from it (is)… (Literally:
What comes out from it)
-The practical/halakhic difference it makes is…
Explains a case or scenario in which the
difference between two viewpoints or
explanations (or, in our case, two different
circumstances) would result in a practical
difference/result.

Question 120

אי נמי

Answer 120

or else, alternatively
-Introduces another alternative of whatever just
appeared - another answer, another explanation,
another source, etc.

Question 121

א”נ

Answer 121

אי נמי