גְּמַר

vb. complete (often 𝔗 Syriac; rare BH);— Pt. pass. גְּמִיר Ezr 7:12 as adj. perfect (read perhaps שְׁלָם ג׳, Torrey Berthol; cf.5:7).

to finish. Targ. Ps. LVII, 3 דְּיִגְמַר (ed. Lag. די גמר, corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pes. 55ᵃ גַּמְרִינָן we dare finish a work commenced. Ib. מִיגְמַר אין אתחולי לא to finish is permitted, but not to begin; a. fr. to consume, destroy. Targ. Job I, 16. Ib. XXII, 20; a. fr. (also Pa.). to end, cease. Targ. Ps. XII, 2 גְּמִירוּ they are gone. Targ. Prov. V, 11. Ib. XXII, 8; a. e. to conclude, derive. Ḥull. 98ᵇ ולִיגְמַר מיניה now let one draw a conclusion from this (by analogy)! Ib. מחידוש לא גַבְרִינָן from an exception we draw no conclusions; a. fr. to be perfect, ready to answer, to know well. [Targ. Y. Deut. VI, 7 ותִגְמְרִינוּן וכ׳, read ותַגְ׳, v. infra.]—Part. גָּמֵיר. Sabb. 63ᵃ והוה גְמִירְנָא וכ׳ and I knew well the whole Talmud (v. Rabh. D. S. a. l.). Taan. 7ᵃ bot. דגְמִירֵי who are learned; ib. 7ᵇ top טפי הוו ג׳ they would be more learned; a. fr.—Whence: to learn by heart, esp. to learn traditional law (cmp. גְּרַס II). Targ. Job XXII, 22 (h. text קח, cmp. לֶקַח).—Sabb. l. c. לִיגְמַר איניש והדר ליסבר one must first learn traditions, and then he may reason; Ab. Zar. 19ᵃ, v. גְּרַס II.—Ber. 43ᵃ וברכת … גַּמְרִינָן and we are not sufficiently familiar with the laws concerning grace at meals. Yoma 29ᵃ מִיגְמַר בעתיקא וכ׳ to remember well something old (to refresh the memory) is more difficult than to commit to memory a fresh thing. Sabb. l. c. למיגמר מיניה from whom to receive traditions. Sot. 36ᵇ לא הוה קגמר he could not remember; a. fr.—Sabb. 96ᵇ גמרא גְמִירֵי לה they (the scholars) know it by tradition; ib. 97ᵃ הילכתא ג׳ לה.—גְּמִירֵי they have a tradition, it is a well-known maxim. Snh. 37ᵇ bot. Sot. 34ᵃ. Gitt. 47ᵃ; a. fr. to finish; to consume. Targ. Job XXI, 13 ed. (Ms. גַּמְרִין Part. Pe.). Ib. XIII, 28; a. fr. to teach verbally. Targ. Y. Deut. VI, 7 [read:] ותַגְמְרִינוּן and thou shalt teach them (v. Ber. 13ᵇ).—Sot. 36ᵇ אַגְמְרֵיה ולא גמר he taught him (the Hebrew language), but he (Pharaoh) could not remember it. Ḥull. 45ᵇ אַגְמְרָךְ גמרא I will teach thee a tradition. B. Kam. 17ᵃ לאַגְמוּרֵי as to teaching. Ber. 13ᵇ, v. גְּרַס II. to be finished; to be destroyed. Targ. Job XXIII, 17. Targ. Ps. CIX, 23.—Targ. Y. Num. XVIII, 14 דמִגְּמַר (h. text חֵרֶם). Targ. Y. Ex. XXII, 19 יִתְגַּמְרוּן (h. text יָחֳרָם).