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A

COLLECTION

OF THE

ABBREVIATIONS*

COMMONLY USED IN RABBINICAL WRITINGS.

ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

א

? א'

א"א

אא"כ

אב"ד

איד

איה

,the chief of the court of justice אב בית דין

the chief justice.

there are some who say, some איכא דאמרי

the [other] nations of the אומות העולם

say.

though it be so, for all this.

world, the other nations beside
Israel.

* Besides the Abbreviations contained in this Collection, almost every word may be, and very frequently is, abbreviated in the writings of the Rabbins, by omitting the last letter, and putting an accent on the letter immediately preceding; thus for instance 'n stands for 8 one; This is still more commonly the case with the letter in the plural masculine, and the letter in the plural feminine; thus, for instance, they write '7 for things, matters: 'D' for o elements, &c.

.Abraham, &c אברהם for אברה' ; he or it was היה for הי'

after this, afterwards.

pleasure [of God].

our sages, may their memory (אמרו חכמינו .be blessed! said זכרונם לברכה

אחר כך

.the land of Israel ארץ ישראל .if God please, please God אם ירצה השם

אם כן

Amen, [and may this be the אמן כן יהי רצון

if so.

א"כ

אכיייר

.though it be so, for all this אפילו הכי

.even, though, although אפילו

there is not necessity, there is אין צריך

,there is no necessity to say אין צריך לומר

.Rabbi said אמר רבי

-our Rabbins, may their me אמרו רבותינו .mory be blessed! said זכרונם לברכה

.if thou wert to say אם תאמר -if thou couldest find it [pos אם תמצא לומר

sible] to say.

-one that has no limit, an in בעל בלתי תכלית

finite being.

.a court of justice בית דין

:when are these words said במה דברים אמורים

אפיה

אפי'

איצ

no occasion.

we need not say.

אצ''ל

איר

אריזל

איית

את"ל

בניית

ב"יד

בריא

when does this hold good?

(in the sentence (passage בדבור המתחיל..

beginning...

!blessed be He ברוך הוא

.the house of sanctuary בית המקדש -the house of the congrega בית הכנסת

tion, the synagogue.

.one who is in debt, a debtor בעל חוב in the language of a foreign בלשון עם זר

people, ie. in a foreign lan

guage.

on account of our many בעונותינו הרבים

sins.

.animated creatures בעלי חיים -in spite of himself, compul בעל כרחו

sarily.

-by the mouth, orally, ver בעל פה

bally, by heart.

:in the explanation; also בפירוש

ג

explicitly, expressly.

.also גם כן

-the garden of Eden, Para גן עדן

dise.

an inference drawn from גזרה שוה

ג"כ

גיע

ג"ש

ד

analogy.

.another thing דבר אחר

.another way דרך אחר

.for if [it be] not so דאם לא כן

.for the Scripture says. דאמר קרא .the book of the Chronicles דברי הימים -the words of all, all unani דברי הכל