Expressions (A–Z)
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B'SHAYI P'HI (Sh'H P'H) On all sorts of excuses/ on various pretexts/ vain pretext , Why do you come to bother me, it's Sabbaath today, it's Pessah today… / to delay things
Figuratively: with empty excuses; with evasive talk to avoid carrying out a task...
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Ba'al Keri, A person who had a night pollution
A person from whom semen was emitted during sleep, and as a result, he is requir...
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Ba'al Kri'ah, reader of weekly portion of the Law in synagogue
A person skilled in reading the Torah or a scroll in the synagogue according to...
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Ba'al Mishkal
Weighty. Or: a fat person. By metaphor: important.
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Ba'al Sod, Ba'al Sodo
A person who has authority over secret knowledge. 'Ba'alei HaSod' is a term for...
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Ba'al Tachlit
One who has a definite goal. The desire to achieve the aim. Or: designated for.....
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Ba'al Tafkid
A person appointed over a domain or over the execution of a task within an organ...
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Ba'al Tefillah/ Cantor / Prayer Leader
A person who knows how to serve as an agent of the congregation in prayer in the...
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Ba‘alat Ov/ necromancer/ sorcerer/ magician
By metaphor: a foreteller of futures. One who pretends to communicate with the s...
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Baal Achsanya
See: "Baal Ha-Achsanya".
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