מקואות י׳:ב׳ - י׳:ג׳

הכר (mattress)– that he lies down upon.

הכסת (pillow [cases] of leather) – that he places underneath his head.

שיבואו בהן המים – inside them. For it is the manner of the mattress and pillow cases of leather to insert and to remove what is within them.

כסת עגולה – [round] and small [pillows] that the princes make under their heds.

הכדור – PALUTA

והאמום (shoe-maker’s last) – the frame/mold that they make upon it the shoe. And it is made of leather and they fill it with hair or hackled wool (i.e., to soften them).

והקמיע (and an amulet) – of writing [of names/verses] or sterile covered with leather.

ותפלה – either of the hand or of the head.

אינו צריך שיבואו בהן מים – for it is not the practice to insert or to remove what is within them (i.e., parchments).

קשרי העני – the clothing of a poor man that were torn and knotted, this knot is not made to be release/undone ever, therefore one does not need to loosened it at the time of ritual immersion in order that the water would come upon it.

הנימין (cord,string) – the cords/string and the twisted threads on the rim of the sheet for beauty and they make knots with them, and they are not made to be loosened ever.

חבט של סנדל (thongs of a sandal joined in a knot) – the handles that the straps of a sandal have, one does not have to loosen their knot at the time of ritual immersion, for this knot is not made to be loosened.

בזמן שהיא חוצה – that the knot interposes, that the water does not enter into it. And when will this be? At the time when the knot is fastened well, and then it is not made to be loosened. But since it is made to last, one does not need to release/loosen it at the time of ritual immersion.

ושל זרוע – the knot of the phylactery/tefillin of the hand.

בשמן שאינה עולה ויורדת – and the knot is fasted a great deal and the strap does not ascend or descend upon it.

ואזני החמת (handgrip of a waterskin) – the handgrip of the leather bottle that in them tight connections.

תורמל – a large leather pouch that the shepherds carry. And in the language of Scripture it is called a ילקוט/receptacle, wallet (see First Samuel, Chapter 17, Verse 40: “[He took his stick, picked a few smooth stones from the wadi,] put them in the pocket of his shepherd’s bag [and sling in hand, he went toward the Philistine].”