עַמּוּד, column, stand. Ex. R. s. 1, ע׳ השן an ivory column. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ אדם … ועומד אחורי הע׳ וכ׳ a man enters a synagogue and stands behind a stand praying silently, and the Lord listens. Bab. Ber. 28ᵇ (of R. Joḥănan) ע׳ הימיני thou right-hand pillar (cmp. I Kings VII, 21). Ex. R. s. 2, end (ref. to הנני, Ex. III, 5) במקום עַמּוּדוֹ של עולם וכ׳ thou standest in the place of the pillar of the world; Abraham said, here am I, and so dost thou; Tanḥ. Sh’moth 19; a. fr.—Trnsf. (v. מַעֲמַד) the group of people belonging to the maʿămad. Y. Taan. IV, 67ᵈ bot.; Y. Pes. IV, beg. 30ᶜ
עַמּוּד, cylinder around which a scroll is rolled, handle. Yad. III, 4 אינו … עד שיעשה לו ע׳ does not make the hands unclean, until he fastens a handle to it. B. Bath. 13ᵇ כדי לגול ע׳ blank margin wide enough to roll around the cylinder. Ib. 14ᵃ ספר תורה … ועושה לו ע׳ אילך ואילך a scroll of the Law is rolled (on both sides) towards the middle of it, therefore it must have a handle on each side; Y. Meg. I, 71ᵈ; a. fr.—Pl. עַמּוּדִים, עַמּוּדִין. Ib.ᶜ top; Snh. 22ᵃ, v. וא"ו; a. e.
עַמּוּד, ע׳ השחר the morning dawn. Ber. I, 1; a. fr.
עַמּוּד, the fecal mass in the rectum; also the jet of urine when being discharged. Ber. 62ᵇ; 25ᵃ ע׳ החוזד וכ׳ a suppressed discharge produces dropsy. Ib. כנגד ע׳ בלבד only in the sight of urine at its discharge; a. e.
עַמּוּד, (bot.) the central stalk of onions &c., the scape. Ukts. I, 2 הע׳ שהוא מכוון וכ׳ the scape as far as it is surrounded by the edible part, the scape within the bulb; ib. 3 הע׳ שאינו מכוון וכ׳ that part of the scape which protrudes above the bulb.—[B. Bath. IV, 5 עמודין, v. עֲכִירִים.]
