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1) [line 3] KARPAF - an enclosed area located outside of a settlement, used for the storage of timber and other such objects. enclosure was *not* made for the purpose of dwelling.

2) [line 4] DIR - a corral erected in the fields and moved from place to place in order to fertilize the fields

3) [line 4] SAHAR - stable; an open yard located near a city
4) [line 4] MUKTZAH - an enclosed area located behind a house, used for the storage of things that are not in constant need

5) [line] CHATZER - a courtyard in front of a house
6a) [line 10] BOR - a well
b) [line 10] BE'ER - a spring
7) [line 20] D'PESIKA LEI - which can be stated in an unqualified manner
8) [line 28] DEYO AMUDIN - two planks
9) [line 29] DEYO L'MENUDAH SHEVACH ZONIS NISKALKEL B'MIDAH SHELOSHAH SIMAN - This Siman (sign) refers to all of the statements in the following Sugyos of Rebbi Yirmeyah ben Elazar.
Dikdukei Sofrim #50 brings the Girsa of the Oxford Manuscript, DEYO L'MENUDAH SHEVACH *YONIN* *BAYIS* *CHARUV* NISKALKEL B'MIDAS SHELOSHAH SIMAN, which more accurately describes the Sugyos: (a) *Deyo* Partzuf; (b) Adam ha'Rishon *b'Niduy*; (c) Miktzas *Shivcho* Shel Adam; (d) Amrah *Yonah*; (e) Kol *Bayis* she'Nishma'in Bo Divrei Torah; (f) mi'Yom *she'Charav* Beis ha'Mikdash; (g) *Niskalelah* Bavel; (h) she'Lo *k'Midas* ha'Kadosh Baruch Hu; (i) *Sheloshah* Pesachim

10a) [line 31] SHISIN - a type of wild, inferior fig
b) [line 31] DEYOFRA - a species of inferior fig tree that bears fruit twice a year
11) [line 34] "ACHOR VA'KEDEM TZARTANI ..." - "You have beset (lit. laid siege to) me, and laid your hand upon me." (Tehilim 139:5) - Rebbi Yirmeyah ben Elazar reads into the word "Tzartani" a form of the root for Yetzirah, formation.

12a) [line 36] PARTZUF - the whole body, even a face (ARUCH)
b) [line 36] ZANAV - appendage (ARUCH)
13) [line 41] MA'ALEI SHABATA - Erev Shabbos, Friday
14) [line 46] HAINU D'CHESIV "VA'YITZER", TREIN YUDIN - that is, "va'Yitzer" is written with two letters Yud, which implies two formations

15) [line 47] OY LI MI'YITZRI, OY LI MI'YOTZRI - Woe unto me from my Evil Inclination! (if I listen to my Creator); woe unto me from my Creator! (if I follow my Evil Inclination)

16) [line 51] "VA'YISGOR BASAR TACHTENAH" - "and closed up the flesh in its place." (Breishis 2:21)

17) [line 54] KIL'AH - braided her hair
18) [line 54] KERAKEI HA'YAM - fortified port cities
19) [last line] KORIN L'KALAYASA, BINYASA - they call braids, "Binyasa"

20) [line 5] SHUSHVINUS - groomsmanship (taking care of all the wedding needs)
21) [line 11] YESALKENAH LA'TZEDADIN - he should walk around her such that he is on the other side of the bridge until he passes her

22) [line 17] "YAD L'YAD LO YINAKEH RA" - "Hand to hand, he will not be cleansed from evil (Gehinom)" (Mishlei 11:21)

23a) [line 33] RUCHIN - spirits
b) [line 33] SHEIDIN - demons
c) [line 34] LILIN - female demons

*24*) [line 40] HE'ELAH ZERADEI TE'ENIM AL BESARO - he covered his flesh with a belt made of the young tender branches of fig trees. (Adam did this in order to cause himself discomfort, as a measure of repentance. According to this Gemara, when the verse says that Adam and Chavah sewed themselves fig-leaf attire, it means that they wore fig leaves to atone for their sin. TORAS CHAYIM).
25) [line 48] "V'LO AMAR ..." - "But no one says, 'Where is HaSh-m, my maker, who gives songs in the night.'" (Iyov 35:10) - Rebbi Yirmeyah ben Elazar reads this verse to mean "Whoever learns Torah during the night will not have to ask, 'Where is HaSh-m, [who could have saved my house from being destroyed?']"

26) [last line] "V'SAMTIHA L'MORASH KIPOD" - "I will also make it a possession for owls (possibly hedgehogs or porcupines), with desolate marshes and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says HaSh-m, Lord of Hosts." (Yeshayahu 14:23)

27) [last line] "V'SAMTI SHOMRON L'IY HA'SADEH L'MATA'EI CHAREM" - "I will turn Shomron into a heap of rubble in the field, into a place for planting vineyards" (Michah 1:6).

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