Gemara final vocab 2025

כֹּחַ גַּבְרָא

force of a person

אִי

if

מַשְׁקֶה

drink/liquid

מַטְבִּיל

dunk

נִקֵּב

has a hole

נוֹטְלִין

wash

רְבִיעִית

a fourth [of a לוג]

! אִינִי וְהָ … (וְהָא)

Is it really true? But don't we know that…

מַחֲזִיק

holds, able to hold

הָא

this, but, don't we know that…

לֵית בֵּיהּ

it doesn't have in it

לא קַשְׁיָא

There is no difficulty

חַד

one

תְּרִי

two

דְּתָנִיא

because we know that it was taught in a ברייתא

אֲפִלּוּ

even if

אָמַר לֵהּ

he said to him

אִין

yes

אִיכָּא דְּאָמְרֵי

there are those who say (introduces another version)

הֲכִי אָמַר

this is what he [actually] said

וְלֹא הִיא

and it is not correct

שָׁאֲנִי הַתָּם

it is different over there

שִׁעוּרָא

amount, measurement

הַאי

this

חוּץ

except for

רֵישָׁא

The first part of the Mishnah

סֵיפָא

the end of the mishna

בְּעָא מִינֵיה

he asked him

אִינִי

is this really true?

אסור

forbidden

מותר

allowed

מַהוּ

what is it? (what is the הלכה)

הַשְּׁתָּא

now

נוֹתֵן טַעַם

gives flavor

חֲתִיכָה

a piece

קְדֵרָה

pot

דְאִי סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ

because if you think

מַאי טַעַמָא

what is the reason

אַף עַל גַב/אַף עַל פִּי

even though

לֵיכָּא

there isn't

נָמִי

also

נְבֵלָה

animal that died without Shechita - (treif)

אוֹסֶרֶת

make something else forbidden

מִכְדִי

let's examine this

כְּמָאן

like whom

בָּטִיל

cancelled/nullified

קָסָבַר

he holds

הֲכִי נָמִי

this is so (this is correct)

א … (prefix)

on

הָכָא בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן

here, we are talking about a case…

אפשר

it is possible

אַמַאי

why

אלא

but/rather/only

תניא, תני, תנא, תנו רבנן

It was taught in a ברייתא

ברייתא

A teaching of a תנא that is not in the משנה

תְּנָן

It was taught is a Mishnah

קוּשְׁיָא

difficulty

תרוץ

solution

שאלה

A question that asks for information

תשובה

an answer

הוכחה

proof

מאמר

statement

הכא

here

התם

there

מאי

what

כתיב

it is written in a pasuk

התניא (הא תניא)

But don't we know that it was taught in a Braitta! (introduces an attack from a Braitta

אִיתְמָר

it was stated by an אמורא

שְׁמַע מִינַהּ

we learn from here

כֵּיוָן

since

חובה

obligation

רשות

optional

מֵיתְיבֵי

they challenged from a higher source (usually a ברייתא)

מים ראשונים

washing at the beginning of a meal

מים אחרונים

washing at the end of a meal

גּוּפָא

the text itself (returning to something we already learned to discuss it further)

מַאי בִּינַיְהוּ

what is the difference between the two opinions?

אִיכָּא בִּינַיְהוּ

there is a difference between them (and it is…)

מִפְּנֵי, מִשּׁוּם

because

לא שנו אלא …

it was taught only…

מכלל ד …

we can infer that…

דאמר רב יהודה …

because we know that Rabbi Yehudah says…

מפני מה אמרו

why did they say

נָפְקָא מִנָּה

practical halachic difference

קמ''ל - קא משמע לן

It comes to teach us

הני מילי

these words only apply

לָא שְׁנָא

there is no difference

אמר רחמנא

Hashem says, the Torah says