Vocab Quiz 11/6/13

Question 1

במה דברים אומרים

Answer 1

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

Question 2

דתניא

Answer 2

• As it is taught

- Introduces a supporting tannaitic text

Question 3

איני והאת…

Answer 3

• Is that so? But…!

- Introduces a contradiction/challenge to what has just been said or cited.

Question 4

שמע מינה #…

Answer 4

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

Question 5

בשלמא… אלא…

Answer 5

-This is reasonable… but…

• An attack or challenge
• -one side or position can be understood because of X… but the other side or position has the following problem…

Question 6

כי תניא ההיא

Answer 6

• 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 7

פלוני היינו אלמוני

Answer 7

-(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 redundant)

Question 8

איכא בינייהו

Answer 8

• 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 9

ותניא אידך

Answer 9

• And another (barraita) is taught

- Introduces a second tannaitic source that (usually) contradicts one that has just been cited.

Question 10

קשיין אהדדי

Answer 10

• They contradict each other!

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

Question 11

תניא נמי הכי

Answer 11

• It is also taught thus

- Introduces a tannaitic source that corroborates something that has just been stated or concluded.

Question 12

מי איכא

Answer 12

Is there such a thing/view?

Question 13

תנא קמא

Answer 13

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

Question 14

שכיב

Answer 14

died

Question 15

חמיו\חמותו

Answer 15

his father in law/mother in law

Question 16

ממילא

Answer 16

of itself, “automatically”

Question 17

הדר + verb

Answer 17

do (verb) again/repeatedly

Question 18

לדיד

Answer 18

(possessive)”mine”

Question 19

ר”ל

Answer 19

רצונו לומר

Question 20

חכ”א

Answer 20

חכמים אומרים

Question 21

הכי נמי

Answer 21

here too

Question 22

דלמא

Answer 22

maybe/perhaps

Question 23

מילתא

Answer 23

thing/word

Question 24

(תשמיש (המטה

Answer 24

sex (literatlly use [of the bed])

Question 25

למיפק

Answer 25

לצאת

Question 26

פירקא

Answer 26

study session

Question 27

ובלבד ש…

Answer 27

provided that…/but only if…

Question 28

היכי

Answer 28

how

Question 29

ואילך

Answer 29

and onwards

Question 30

עד ש (+verb)

Answer 30

until

Question 31

באלמא

Answer 31

in general

Question 32

מכאן ואילך

Answer 32

from here/now on

Question 33

כל שכן

Answer 33

all the moreso

Question 34

מכלל

Answer 34

it implies

Question 35

אין

Answer 35

yes (Aramaic)

Question 36

כי היכי

Answer 36

just as

Question 37

עדיף

Answer 37

better, superior, preferable

Question 38

טפי

Answer 38

יותר

Question 39

אלא מעתה

Answer 39

-But from now

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

Question 40

דאי לא תימא הכי

Answer 40

-For if you do not say this/so

• Supports an argument or explanation
• -by suggesting that if it is NOT accepted, the other possible alternative cannot be true

Question 41

אמר לך ר פלוני

Answer 41

• 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 42

שאני

Answer 42

• It is different

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

Question 43

תא שמע

Answer 43

• come and hear

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

Question 44

יחידאה

Answer 44

individual (lone) view

Question 45

כוותיה

Answer 45

like him

Question 46

מעשה ו…

Answer 46

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

Question 47

תפשוט מינה

Answer 47

derive from it

Question 48

לא שנא… לא שנא…

Answer 48

There is no difference between… and …

Question 49

נמצא

Answer 49

• lit. it was found

- it turned out

Question 50

ה”נ

Answer 50

הכי נמי

Question 51

ע”ג

Answer 51

על גבי

Question 52

ת”ש

Answer 52

תא שמע