Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 132:1

אין אור לשון קלי אלא דבר אחר (הא כיצד וכו') אין לשון קלי אלא דבר (אחר) קליל הא כיצד אבוב של קליות היה שם והיה מנוקב ככברה כדי שתהא האור שולטת בכולו

<br> [intervening between the fire and the grain]. (Another version reads: By koli we understand what is parched in a vessel.) How was it done then? There was there [in the Temple] a pipe for parching corn which was perforated like a sieve so that the fire might take hold of it on all sides. Corn in the ear, parched...crushed: now I know not whether the fresh ears of corn must be parched or the crushed grain must be parched; but when the verse says '[parched] with fire', it thus interrupts the subject. Karmel [fresh corn] means, rak [tender] and mal [easily crushed]. In like manner [we interpret the word in the following] verse: And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh corn beziklono. And he said, Give unto the people that they may eat. [Beziklono means]: He came and poured out for us, and we ate, and it was fine. And so, too, [when it says, Let us solace ourselves [nith'alsah] with loves, [nith'alsah means:] Let us talk together and then let us go up [on the couch] and rejoice and revel in caresses. And so, too, [when] it says, The wing of the ostrich [ne'elasah] beateth joyously, [ne'elasah means:] It carries [the egg], flies upwards [with it] and deposits it [in the nest]. And so, too, [when] it says, Because thy way is contrary [yarat] unto me, [yarat means:] She [the ass] feared when she saw [the angel] and she turned aside. In the school of R. Ishmael it was taught: Karmel means, kar [rounded, and male [full]. <br>

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