Comprehensive Vocab- Talmud Fall 2013

Question 1

חכ”א

Answer 1

חכמים אומרים

Question 2

ב”ה\ב”ש

Answer 2

בית הלל\בית שמאי

Question 3

איקלעו (איקלע)

Answer 3

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

Question 4

טפי

Answer 4

more/more so/even more

Question 5

נמנע

Answer 5

refrain

Question 6

ממילא

Answer 6

of itself, “automatically”

Question 7

אתמר \ איתמר

Answer 7

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

Question 8

למ”ד

Answer 8

למאן דאמר

Question 9

פירקא

Answer 9

study session

Question 10

כי תניא ההיא

Answer 10

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 11

רמינהו

Answer 11

(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 12

מאי קרא

Answer 12

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

Question 13

שרי

Answer 13

permitted מתר

Question 14

ת”ש

Answer 14

תא שמע

Question 15

קשיין אהדדי

Answer 15

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

Question 16

דתניא

Answer 16

As it is taught

-Introduces a tannaitic source being brought as a support.

Question 17

אחד… ואחד…

Answer 17

… and … are the same/have the same rule

Question 18

ל”ק

Answer 18

לא קשיא

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

מאן דהוא

Answer 20

someone

Question 21

אעפ”כ

Answer 21

אף על פי כן

Question 22

עדיף

Answer 22

better, superior, preferable

Question 23

שמעתא

Answer 23

teaching

Question 24

תפשוט מינה

Answer 24

derive from it

Question 25

כוותיה

Answer 25

like him

Question 26

כ… דמי

Answer 26

it is like…

Question 27

אמר לך ר פלוני

Answer 27

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 28

(תשמיש (המטה

Answer 28

sex

Question 29

מכלל

Answer 29

it implies

Question 30

מאי לאו א\ל

Answer 30

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 31

למיפק

Answer 31

to go out (יוצא)

Question 32

תניא נמי הכי

Answer 32

PROOF

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

Question 33

מיהו

Answer 33

however

Question 34

חד אמר… וחד אמר

Answer 34

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 35

הכי גרסינן

Answer 35

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

Question 36

לא שנו אלא… אבל

Answer 36

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 37

ובלבד ש…

Answer 37

provided that,,,/but only if…

Question 38

אע”פ

Answer 38

אף על פי

Question 39

מילתא

Answer 39

thing/word

Question 40

ת”ר

Answer 40

תנו רבנן

Question 41

ההוא מיבעי ליה ל…

Answer 41

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

Question 42

איידי ד…

Answer 42

since

Question 43

הכי נמי

Answer 43

here too

Question 44

תנא דידן

Answer 44

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

Question 45

דלמא

Answer 45

maybe/perhaps

Question 46

ואילך

Answer 46

and onwards

Question 47

מר… ומר…

Answer 47

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

Question 48

שמע מינה #

Answer 48

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 49

לימא כתנאי

Answer 49

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 50

פלוני היינו אלמוני

Answer 50

(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 51

אי נמי

Answer 51

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

Question 52

ואמרי לה

Answer 52

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

Question 53

למאן דאמר

Answer 53

according to the one who says

Question 54

נמצא

Answer 54

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

Question 55

תיקו

Answer 55

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

Question 56

אין

Answer 56

yes

Question 57

לכתחילה

Answer 57

from the outset/ to begin with

Question 58

ה”ג

Answer 58

הכי גרסינן

Question 59

עד כאן לא קאמר… אלא

Answer 59

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 60

תיובתא דפלוני תיובתא

Answer 60

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 61

ב”ד

Answer 61

בית דין

Question 62

אלא מעתה

Answer 62

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

Question 63

בשלמא … אלא …

Answer 63

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 64

א”י

Answer 64

ארץ ישראל

Question 65

איכא בינייהו

Answer 65

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 66

שאני

Answer 66

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

Question 67

אפי

Answer 67

אפילו

Question 68

כיצד

Answer 68

how/how so?

Question 69

(כללו של דבר (כללא דמילתא

Answer 69

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

Question 70

דילמא

Answer 70

maybe/perhaps

Question 71

תנא קמא

Answer 71

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

Question 72

בין… בין

Answer 72

whether… or…

Question 73

במה דברים אומרים

Answer 73

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 74

איכא דמתני לה\להא א…

Answer 74

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 75

הן הן

Answer 75

these (are)…

Question 76

אזדא\אזלא)ר פלוני לטעמיה)

Answer 76

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 77

מעשה ו…

Answer 77

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

Question 78

בזיון

Answer 78

disgrace, disrespect

Question 79

בעלמא

Answer 79

in general

Question 80

יחידאה

Answer 80

individual/ lone (view)

Question 81

ר”ל

Answer 81

רצונו לומר

Question 82

ה”נ

Answer 82

הכי נמי

Question 83

א”נ

Answer 83

אי נמי

Question 84

מאן דאמר

Answer 84

the one who said

Question 85

היכי

Answer 85

how

Question 86

ע”כ

Answer 86

עד כאן

Question 87

נפיק מינה

Answer 87

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 88

תסתיים

Answer 88

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 89

לא שנא… לא שנא…

Answer 89

There is no difference between … and…

Question 90

ע”ג

Answer 90

על גבי

Question 91

verb + הדר

Answer 91

do (verb) again/repeatedly

Question 92

כי היכי

Answer 92

just as

Question 93

מכאן ואילך

Answer 93

from here/now on

Question 94

מעיקרא

Answer 94

from the outset

Question 95

אמר מר

Answer 95

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

Question 96

דאי לא תימא הכי

Answer 96

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 97

שמא

Answer 97

lest

Question 98

כל שכן

Answer 98

all the moreso

Question 99

מנין\מניין

Answer 99

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

Question 100

ליכא ל… +(verb)

Answer 100

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

Question 101

(ממאי… (דלמא

Answer 101

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 102

ואימא

Answer 102

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 103

מנו

Answer 103

who is he/it?

Question 104

אטו

Answer 104

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

Question 105

ותניא אידך

Answer 105

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

Question 106

תנו רבנן

Answer 106

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

Question 107

חמיו\ חמותו

Answer 107

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

Question 108

ביהכ”נ

Answer 108

בית הכנסת

Question 109

אף על פי כן

Answer 109

even so/nevertheless

Question 110

קשיא

Answer 110

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 111

עד ש (+verb)

Answer 111

until

Question 112

הלכך

Answer 112

therefore

Question 113

מי איכא

Answer 113

is there (such a thing/view)?

Question 114

אע”ג

Answer 114

אף על גב

Question 115

גבו

Answer 115

within

Question 116

איני והא

Answer 116

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

Question 117

שכיב

Answer 117

died

Question 118

תא שמע

Answer 118

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

Question 119

כ”ש

Answer 119

כל שכן

Question 120

יצא ידי …

Answer 120

fulfilled the obligation/mitzvah of…

Question 121

ממשמע שנאמר… איני יודע

Answer 121

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.