To incite against/ to set the bear at (גֵּרָה בּוֹ אֶת הַדֹּב)
To incite against/ to set the bear at (גֵּרָה בּוֹ אֶת הַדֹּב)

To incite against/ to set the bear at

The intention to lead or incite a wild animal, such as a bear, to attack or harm someone.

(The Rabbis said, three illnesses afflicted Elisha: one who incited bears against his infants, one who pushed Gehazi with both hands, and one who died from it - Sotah 47a; and likewise: 'Whoever incited his dog... so too is the law if he incited a bear or another beast against him' - Beit Habechirah to Meiri, Tractate Bava Kamma 23b.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גֵּרָה בּוֹ אֶת הַדֹּב

Definition (Hebrew)

שִׁסָּה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ גּוֹרֵם חָזָק. הֵסִית אֶת...נֶגְדּוֹ.

("תְּנוּ רַבָּנָן, שְׁלֹשָׁה חֲלָאִין חָלָה אֱלִישָׁע: אֶחָד שֶׁגֵּרָה דֻּבִּים בַּתִּינוֹקוֹת, וְאֶחָד שֶׁדְּחָפוֹ לְגֵחֲזִי בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם, וְאֶחָד שֶׁמֵּת בּוֹ"-סוֹטָה מז ע"א, וְכֵן:"מִי שֶׁשִּׁסָּה כַּלְבּוֹ...וְכֵן הַדִּין אִם גֵּרָה בּוֹ אֶת הַדֹּב אוֹ שְׁאָר בְּהֵמָה"- בֵּית הַבְּחִירָה לִמְאִירִי מַסֶּכֶת בָּבָא קַמָּא כג ע"ב)

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