[62a - 37 lines; 62b - 35 lines]
1)[line 1]מחילותMECHILOS- tunnels
2)[line 4]קרא אשכח ודרשKERA ASHKACH V'DARASH- they found a verse and expounded it (and deduced the proper actions to take)
3)[line 8]בית מינכרא צורתוBAYIS MINKERA TZURASO- [they were able to rebuild the actual building of] the Beis ha'Mikdash, its outline (of its foundations) was discernible
4)[line 9]ומיכאל השר הגדולU'MICHAEL HA'SAR HA'GADOL- and Michael, the great angel
5)[line 22]על התורה שתכתב אשוריתAL HA'TORAH SHE'TIKASEV ASHURIS- [and one testified] that the Torah should be written in Assyrian script (the script of today's Sifrei Torah). Kesav Ashuris is the script in which the Torah was given to Moshe Rabeinu, and refers to the modern form of Hebrew (block) letters, which was reinstated by the returning Babylonian captives and made to supersede Kesav Ivri, the older "Hebrew" (Syriac or Samaritan) characters, which had been substituted for it over the years. This does not refer to the Assyrian script used by the Assyrian people, which is completely different from the Hebrew Kesav Ashuris. Rather, this Kesav, which was revealed to Ezra in Bavel, was later studied and adopted by the Jews living in Ashur, Assyria. After Belshatzar was killed on the night of the "Handwriting on the Wall," the kingdom was taken over by Persian-controlled Mede, the capital of which was Eilam which was adjacent to Ashur, and thus the entire kingdom was known as Ashur (ETZ YOSEF, Sanhedrin 21b).
6)[line 25]"ונתתה אֹתָהּ תחת כרכוב המזבח מלמטה [והיתה הרשת עד חצי המזבח]""V'NASATAH OSAH TACHAS KARKOV HA'MIZBE'ACH MIL'MATAH [V'HAYESAH HA'RESHES AD CHATZI HA'MIZBE'ACH]"- "You shall place it under the surrounding border of the Mizbe'ach from below, [and the meshwork shall go to the midpoint of the Mizbea'ch]" (Shemos 27:5).
7)[line 28]בול של מלחBUL SHEL MELACH- a lump of salt
8)[line 33]נשתרקוNISHTARKU- they would slip
9)[line 35]מחכו עליהMECHECHU ALEI- they laughed at (scoffed, derided) him
10)[line 37]קרי עלייהוKARI ALAIHU- he pronounced about them
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11)[line 1]בני קטורהBENEI KETURAH- the descendents of Avraham Avinu through his wife Keturah (Bereishis 25:1-5)
12)[line 6]גזיריןGEZIRIN- smooth blocks of wood that are an Amah by Amah and as thick as the block used to level a heaping Se'ah
13)[line 7]כמחק גודש סאהK'MACHAK GODESH SE'AH- like the rod used to even off a measure of a Se'ah. It has a standard thickness; if it would be too heavy (or light), it would sag too much (or not enough) into the measure.
14)[line 8]באמה גדומהB'AMAH GEDUMAH- with a short Amah; i.e. the Amah used in measuring these blocks was shorter than usual, comprised of five Tefachim instead of six
15)[line 15]רמי גברא אאפיהRAMI GAVRA A'APEI- put the man on his face; i.e. the verse is drawing an analogy to a person lying on his face, whose thigh and face point in opposite directions
16)[line 15]תריץ ואותיב גבראTERITZ V'OSIV GAVRA- sit the man up straight
17)[line 17]רבוץRAVUTZ- crouching
18)[line 33]דעגיל מעגלD'AGIL ME'AGEL- that it should be in the shape of a circle