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קָפַץ(b. h.) 1) to contract, shrink; to close. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22:20 היה השרביט קוֹפֵץ the scepter grew smaller and smaller; Yalk. ib. 687. Gen. R. s. 39 קוֹפֶצֶת באחת מאגפיהוכ׳ contracts herself with (flaps) one wing, v. יוֹנָה II. Snh.95a שלשה קָפְצָה להם הארץ (Ar. הדרך) for three persons did the earth (the road) shrink (they were suddenly transferred to a distant place); Yalk. Gen. 107. Y.Taan.IV, 69b קפצה להא״י Palestine has shrunk; a. fr.ק׳ פה (or sub. פה) to close the mouth, to indicate ones will by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7 קוֹפֵץ ונִקְפָּץ a deaf and dumb person may transact business by motions with closed lips and by being spoken to in the same way.Part. pass. קָפוּץ; f. קְפוּצָה Koh. R. to V, 14 כשאדם … ידין הן קְפוּצוֹתוכ׳ when man enters the world, his hands are clenched, as if saying, the whole world is mine, opp. פשוטות straight, open. 2) to leap (with joined feet), jump; to be excited. Midr. Till. l. c. אותה קפיצה שקָפַצְתָּ על אבותי בים כן תִּקְפּוֹץ עלי היום ותפלטני ed. Bub. (ed. אותה הקפצה שהִקְפַּצְתָּ על אבותינו כןוכ׳) with the same leap with which thou didst leap like a hart in aid of my ancestors at the sea, leap now to my aid and save me; Yalk. Ps. l. c. Midr. Till. l. c. קוֹפֵץ כאיל ed. Bub., v. Pi. Ohol. VIII, 5 הקופץ ממקוםוכ׳ he that jumps from one place to another, contrad. to הדולג (v. קִיפּוּץ). Succ.49b שמא תאמר כל הבא לִקְפּוֹץ קוֹפֵץ lest you say, whosoever comes to jump may jump (whosoever wishes to do good succeeds in doing real good), we read (Ps. 36:8). Sabb.152a זקנה קופצת עליו old age will spring upon him (will overtake him prematurely). Taan.5b זקנה קפצה עליו he grew old before his time. Ib. מיד קפצהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. אמרהקב״ה אקפוץ, read אַקְפִּיץ). Sifra Shmini, Milluim קפצה פורענות עלוכ׳ punishment overtook Nadab Y.Keth.X, beg.33d קפצה עליהן ירושת תורה the legal succession according to Biblical law was sprung upon them (they have the precedence); ib. IV, 28d bot. קָפְסָה. Y.Gitt.IV, 46d top כדי … קוֹפְצִיןוכ׳ in order that all may be anxious to marry her. Y.Snh.X, 28c top איני קופץ אלא למהוכ׳ I will jump only at (betake myself to) what my grandfather told me, who said to me קְפוֹץ … לשלשה דבריםוכ׳ betake thyself to three things, and thou shalt be safe, they are: prayer Ber.39a ק׳ וברךוכ׳ he hastened and said the benediction Yeb.32b ק׳ר׳ חייאוכ׳ R. Ḥ. jumped up (got excited) and swore Tosef.Keth.II, 3 היאך ק׳ זה לכהונה how did this man jump into priesthood (by what right does he enjoy the privileges of a priest)? Num. R. s. 15 ולא יִקְפּוֹץ להשיב and must not be rash to reply; a. fr. 3) to skip. Nidd.11a קפצה וראתהוכ׳ if she skipped (one period) and menstruated, skipped (did so three times). 4) (denom. of קוּפִּיץ) to chop meat. Tosef.Bets.III, 5 קיפץ בכלי (Var. חותך) he cuts with some implement. Pi. קִיפֵּץ 1) same, to leap; to skip. Y. Ḥag.II, 77a bot. והיו … מְקַפְּצִיןוכ׳ and the ministering angels leaped before them like wedding guests rejoicing Pesik. R. s. 15 (ref. to Cant. 2:8) מדלג … ומְקַפֵּץ על החשבונותוכ׳ leaping over the destined terms of redemption, and skipping over the calculations of years and epochs (hastening the redemption), v. עִיבּוּר. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22:1 מְקַפֵּץ כאיל ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קופץ); ib. קופץ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. מקפץ) leaps like a hart; Yalk. ib. 685 קומץ (corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) to cause to leap. Tanḥ. Shmini 11 הקב״ה מקפץ להם את הזקנה God springs old age upon them (to make them look venerable). Hif. הִקְפִּיץ 1) as Pi. 2. Taan.5b אמרהקב״ה אַקְפִּיץוכ׳ (not אקפוץ, v. supra) the Lord said, I shall cause old age to spring upon them prematurely. Gen. R. s. 56 וה׳ את בנו עמו and made his son leap with him (saved himself and his son; v., however, אגינו). 2) to leap. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Nif. נִקְפָּץ to be spoken to by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7, v. supra.

קָפַץ(b. h.) 1) to contract, shrink; to close. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22:20 היה השרביט קוֹפֵץ the scepter grew smaller and smaller; Yalk. ib. 687. Gen. R. s. 39 קוֹפֶצֶת באחת מאגפיהוכ׳ contracts herself with (flaps) one wing, v. יוֹנָה II. Snh.95a שלשה קָפְצָה להם הארץ (Ar. הדרך) for three persons did the earth (the road) shrink (they were suddenly transferred to a distant place); Yalk. Gen. 107. Y.Taan.IV, 69b קפצה להא״י Palestine has shrunk; a. fr.ק׳ פה (or sub. פה) to close the mouth, to indicate ones will by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7 קוֹפֵץ ונִקְפָּץ a deaf and dumb person may transact business by motions with closed lips and by being spoken to in the same way.Part. pass. קָפוּץ; f. קְפוּצָה Koh. R. to V, 14 כשאדם … ידין הן קְפוּצוֹתוכ׳ when man enters the world, his hands are clenched, as if saying, the whole world is mine, opp. פשוטות straight, open. 2) to leap (with joined feet), jump; to be excited. Midr. Till. l. c. אותה קפיצה שקָפַצְתָּ על אבותי בים כן תִּקְפּוֹץ עלי היום ותפלטני ed. Bub. (ed. אותה הקפצה שהִקְפַּצְתָּ על אבותינו כןוכ׳) with the same leap with which thou didst leap like a hart in aid of my ancestors at the sea, leap now to my aid and save me; Yalk. Ps. l. c. Midr. Till. l. c. קוֹפֵץ כאיל ed. Bub., v. Pi. Ohol. VIII, 5 הקופץ ממקוםוכ׳ he that jumps from one place to another, contrad. to הדולג (v. קִיפּוּץ). Succ.49b שמא תאמר כל הבא לִקְפּוֹץ קוֹפֵץ lest you say, whosoever comes to jump may jump (whosoever wishes to do good succeeds in doing real good), we read (Ps. 36:8). Sabb.152a זקנה קופצת עליו old age will spring upon him (will overtake him prematurely). Taan.5b זקנה קפצה עליו he grew old before his time. Ib. מיד קפצהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. אמרהקב״ה אקפוץ, read אַקְפִּיץ). Sifra Shmini, Milluim קפצה פורענות עלוכ׳ punishment overtook Nadab Y.Keth.X, beg.33d קפצה עליהן ירושת תורה the legal succession according to Biblical law was sprung upon them (they have the precedence); ib. IV, 28d bot. קָפְסָה. Y.Gitt.IV, 46d top כדי … קוֹפְצִיןוכ׳ in order that all may be anxious to marry her. Y.Snh.X, 28c top איני קופץ אלא למהוכ׳ I will jump only at (betake myself to) what my grandfather told me, who said to me קְפוֹץ … לשלשה דבריםוכ׳ betake thyself to three things, and thou shalt be safe, they are: prayer Ber.39a ק׳ וברךוכ׳ he hastened and said the benediction Yeb.32b ק׳ר׳ חייאוכ׳ R. Ḥ. jumped up (got excited) and swore Tosef.Keth.II, 3 היאך ק׳ זה לכהונה how did this man jump into priesthood (by what right does he enjoy the privileges of a priest)? Num. R. s. 15 ולא יִקְפּוֹץ להשיב and must not be rash to reply; a. fr. 3) to skip. Nidd.11a קפצה וראתהוכ׳ if she skipped (one period) and menstruated, skipped (did so three times). 4) (denom. of קוּפִּיץ) to chop meat. Tosef.Bets.III, 5 קיפץ בכלי (Var. חותך) he cuts with some implement. Pi. קִיפֵּץ 1) same, to leap; to skip. Y. Ḥag.II, 77a bot. והיו … מְקַפְּצִיןוכ׳ and the ministering angels leaped before them like wedding guests rejoicing Pesik. R. s. 15 (ref. to Cant. 2:8) מדלג … ומְקַפֵּץ על החשבונותוכ׳ leaping over the destined terms of redemption, and skipping over the calculations of years and epochs (hastening the redemption), v. עִיבּוּר. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22:1 מְקַפֵּץ כאיל ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קופץ); ib. קופץ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. מקפץ) leaps like a hart; Yalk. ib. 685 קומץ (corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) to cause to leap. Tanḥ. Shmini 11 הקב״ה מקפץ להם את הזקנה God springs old age upon them (to make them look venerable). Hif. הִקְפִּיץ 1) as Pi. 2. Taan.5b אמרהקב״ה אַקְפִּיץוכ׳ (not אקפוץ, v. supra) the Lord said, I shall cause old age to spring upon them prematurely. Gen. R. s. 56 וה׳ את בנו עמו and made his son leap with him (saved himself and his son; v., however, אגינו). 2) to leap. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Nif. נִקְפָּץ to be spoken to by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7, v. supra.

נָצַח(b. h.; cmp. צַח) (to be bright, pure, (cmp. זָכָה) to be victorious, win, prevail. Y.Sabb.VII, 5b top אם לִנְצוֹחַ אם להִינָּצֵחַ whether to conquer or to be conquered. Pes.119a (play on לַמְנַצֵּחַ) זמרו למי שנוֹצְחִין אותו ושמח sing to him who rejoices when they conquer him (prevail over him to change his evil decrees); Midr. Till. to Ps. 4 Pesik. R. s. 40 נָצַחְתִּי לדורוכ׳ I conquered the generation of the flood and was the loser by it, because I destroyed Ib. נְצָחַנִי משהוכ׳ Moses conquered me …, and I gained all those masses; a. fr.Part. pass. נָצוּחַ. Ib. בשעה שאני נוצח … ובשעה שאני נ׳וכ׳ when I prevail, I lose, but when I am prevailed over, I gain; a. e. Pi. נִצֵּחַ 1) to make illustrious, to glorify. Midr. Till. l. c. (expl. למנצח) למי שהוא נאה לנַצֵּחַ to him whom it is befitting to glorify. 2) to conquer, prevail over. Ib. מלך ב״וד מְנַצְּחִים אותווכ׳ a human king is angry when people defeat him (in argument; cmp. זְכֵי Pa.); Pes. l. c.B. Mets.59b נִצְּחוּנִי בני (or נְצָחוּנִי) my children have won over me. Ib. תלמידי חכמים שמנצחיםוכ׳ scholars who defeat one another in discussion. Snh.91a אם יְנַּצְּחוּנִי … נִצַּחְתֶּם if they defeat me, say to them, you have defeated an ignoramus among us; ואם אני אֲנַצֵּחַ … תורת משה נִצְּחַתְכֶם and if I defeat them, say to them, the law of Moses has defeated you; a. fr.Part. pass. מְנוּצָּח. Midr. Till. l. c. למי שמנ׳וכ׳ to him who allows himself to be won over by his creatures (v. supra); a. e. Nif. נִיצַּח to be defeated. Y.Sabb.II, 5b top v. supra.

נָצַח(b. h.; cmp. צַח) (to be bright, pure, (cmp. זָכָה) to be victorious, win, prevail. Y.Sabb.VII, 5b top אם לִנְצוֹחַ אם להִינָּצֵחַ whether to conquer or to be conquered. Pes.119a (play on לַמְנַצֵּחַ) זמרו למי שנוֹצְחִין אותו ושמח sing to him who rejoices when they conquer him (prevail over him to change his evil decrees); Midr. Till. to Ps. 4 Pesik. R. s. 40 נָצַחְתִּי לדורוכ׳ I conquered the generation of the flood and was the loser by it, because I destroyed Ib. נְצָחַנִי משהוכ׳ Moses conquered me …, and I gained all those masses; a. fr.Part. pass. נָצוּחַ. Ib. בשעה שאני נוצח … ובשעה שאני נ׳וכ׳ when I prevail, I lose, but when I am prevailed over, I gain; a. e. Pi. נִצֵּחַ 1) to make illustrious, to glorify. Midr. Till. l. c. (expl. למנצח) למי שהוא נאה לנַצֵּחַ to him whom it is befitting to glorify. 2) to conquer, prevail over. Ib. מלך ב״וד מְנַצְּחִים אותווכ׳ a human king is angry when people defeat him (in argument; cmp. זְכֵי Pa.); Pes. l. c.B. Mets.59b נִצְּחוּנִי בני (or נְצָחוּנִי) my children have won over me. Ib. תלמידי חכמים שמנצחיםוכ׳ scholars who defeat one another in discussion. Snh.91a אם יְנַּצְּחוּנִי … נִצַּחְתֶּם if they defeat me, say to them, you have defeated an ignoramus among us; ואם אני אֲנַצֵּחַ … תורת משה נִצְּחַתְכֶם and if I defeat them, say to them, the law of Moses has defeated you; a. fr.Part. pass. מְנוּצָּח. Midr. Till. l. c. למי שמנ׳וכ׳ to him who allows himself to be won over by his creatures (v. supra); a. e. Nif. נִיצַּח to be defeated. Y.Sabb.II, 5b top v. supra.

סִירָה, סִירָאI f. (b. h. סִיר; סוּר, v. סרי) 1) ( degenerate growth, thorn, thorn-bush. Bekh.37b; Shebu.4b, a. e. הסול והס׳ a prick or a thorn, v. סוֹל. Ker.III, 8 (15b) תוחבו בס׳ pins it with a thorn (to a stationary object). Lev. R. s. 26; Y.Peah I, 16a bot.; Midr. Till. To Ps. 7, a. e., v. עָדָה I. Snh.49a בור וס׳ גרמווכ׳ well and thorn were the cause of Abners death (i. e. when David had taken Sauls pitcher and spear, Abner said that the lads had left them at the well, and when the lap of Sauls cloak was shown in Davids hand, Abner said, it was caught in a thornbush); a. fr.Pl. סִירוֹת, סִירָאוֹת. Midr. Till. l. c. Ex. R. s. 30; a. e. 2) refuse, foul matter.Pl. סִירוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 2, beg. מה הים הזה כל סִירוֹתָיו על פיו כך סִירוֹתֵיהֶםוכ׳ as all the refuse of the sea is on its mouth (shore), so the foulness of the wicked is in their mouths; Yalk. Is. 350. Yalk. Num. 771 מה הנהר שוטף את הס׳וכ׳ as the river carries off the refuse, so does the Day of Atonement

סִירָה, סִירָאI f. (b. h. סִיר; סוּר, v. סרי) 1) ( degenerate growth, thorn, thorn-bush. Bekh.37b; Shebu.4b, a. e. הסול והס׳ a prick or a thorn, v. סוֹל. Ker.III, 8 (15b) תוחבו בס׳ pins it with a thorn (to a stationary object). Lev. R. s. 26; Y.Peah I, 16a bot.; Midr. Till. To Ps. 7, a. e., v. עָדָה I. Snh.49a בור וס׳ גרמווכ׳ well and thorn were the cause of Abners death (i. e. when David had taken Sauls pitcher and spear, Abner said that the lads had left them at the well, and when the lap of Sauls cloak was shown in Davids hand, Abner said, it was caught in a thornbush); a. fr.Pl. סִירוֹת, סִירָאוֹת. Midr. Till. l. c. Ex. R. s. 30; a. e. 2) refuse, foul matter.Pl. סִירוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 2, beg. מה הים הזה כל סִירוֹתָיו על פיו כך סִירוֹתֵיהֶםוכ׳ as all the refuse of the sea is on its mouth (shore), so the foulness of the wicked is in their mouths; Yalk. Is. 350. Yalk. Num. 771 מה הנהר שוטף את הס׳וכ׳ as the river carries off the refuse, so does the Day of Atonement

סִירָה, סִירָאI f. (b. h. סִיר; סוּר, v. סרי) 1) ( degenerate growth, thorn, thorn-bush. Bekh.37b; Shebu.4b, a. e. הסול והס׳ a prick or a thorn, v. סוֹל. Ker.III, 8 (15b) תוחבו בס׳ pins it with a thorn (to a stationary object). Lev. R. s. 26; Y.Peah I, 16a bot.; Midr. Till. To Ps. 7, a. e., v. עָדָה I. Snh.49a בור וס׳ גרמווכ׳ well and thorn were the cause of Abners death (i. e. when David had taken Sauls pitcher and spear, Abner said that the lads had left them at the well, and when the lap of Sauls cloak was shown in Davids hand, Abner said, it was caught in a thornbush); a. fr.Pl. סִירוֹת, סִירָאוֹת. Midr. Till. l. c. Ex. R. s. 30; a. e. 2) refuse, foul matter.Pl. סִירוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 2, beg. מה הים הזה כל סִירוֹתָיו על פיו כך סִירוֹתֵיהֶםוכ׳ as all the refuse of the sea is on its mouth (shore), so the foulness of the wicked is in their mouths; Yalk. Is. 350. Yalk. Num. 771 מה הנהר שוטף את הס׳וכ׳ as the river carries off the refuse, so does the Day of Atonement

סִירָה, סִירָאI f. (b. h. סִיר; סוּר, v. סרי) 1) ( degenerate growth, thorn, thorn-bush. Bekh.37b; Shebu.4b, a. e. הסול והס׳ a prick or a thorn, v. סוֹל. Ker.III, 8 (15b) תוחבו בס׳ pins it with a thorn (to a stationary object). Lev. R. s. 26; Y.Peah I, 16a bot.; Midr. Till. To Ps. 7, a. e., v. עָדָה I. Snh.49a בור וס׳ גרמווכ׳ well and thorn were the cause of Abners death (i. e. when David had taken Sauls pitcher and spear, Abner said that the lads had left them at the well, and when the lap of Sauls cloak was shown in Davids hand, Abner said, it was caught in a thornbush); a. fr.Pl. סִירוֹת, סִירָאוֹת. Midr. Till. l. c. Ex. R. s. 30; a. e. 2) refuse, foul matter.Pl. סִירוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 2, beg. מה הים הזה כל סִירוֹתָיו על פיו כך סִירוֹתֵיהֶםוכ׳ as all the refuse of the sea is on its mouth (shore), so the foulness of the wicked is in their mouths; Yalk. Is. 350. Yalk. Num. 771 מה הנהר שוטף את הס׳וכ׳ as the river carries off the refuse, so does the Day of Atonement

פָּלַג(b. h.) to separate, split. Hif. הִפְלִיג 1) to part, go away. Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. ומצאו שה׳ אף הואה׳ (not עוד) and finding that he (the friend that had knocked at the door) had withdrawn, he withdrew likewise.Esp. to go to sea (cmp. פִּילָגוֹס). Erub.IV, 1 הִפְלִיגָה ספינתם בים their ship went out on the open sea. Sabb.19a אין מַפְלִיגִין בספינהוכ׳ you must not start on a sea-voyage less than three days before the Sabbath; Num. R. s. 16, beg. אין מפליגין בספינה בים הגדול (contrad. to פָּרַש along the sea coast). 2) ה׳ ממלאכה (or sub. ממלאכה) to rest from work; to pause. Lev. R. s. 30 לכשיַפְלִיג, v. לָקַש. Tosef.Ber.IV, 21 הִפְלִיגוּ צריכיןוכ׳ (not צריך) when the laborers take a recess, they must say the benediction for what they have been eating while at work. Y.Yoma III, 40b bot. להפליג, v. הֶפְלֵג. 3) to divert, put off; to discard. Bab. ib. 66b לא מפני שהִפְלִיגָן בדבריםוכ׳ (he made an evasive reply) not because he desired to divert their minds with words (counterquestions), but because he never said anything that he had not heard from his teacher; Tosef.Yeb.III, 4; Succ.27b. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. אם שאלו … יַפְלִיגֶינּוּ כשם שה׳וכ׳ if he asks him whither he is going, let him put him off (state a distant destination), as did Jacob to Esau; Tosef. ib. III, 4 מַפְלִיגוֹ. Tosef.Gitt.VII (V), 8 כל תנאי אפשר … לא נתכוון זה אלא להַפְלִיגָהּ whenever an impossibility is made the condition of a letter of divorce, he (the husband) has had only the intention to divert her mind; Y.B. Mets.VII, end, 11c (corr. acc.). Y.Ber.IX, end, 14d כיון שה׳ דעתו ממנה when he turns his attentions from her (makes her feel that he does not intend to marry her). Gen. R. s. 17 ראה … והִפְלִיגָהּ ממנו when he saw her full mucus and blood, he kept her away from him; a. fr. 4) to reject, disregard, discard. Pesik. R. s. 31 היתה פושעת … ומַפְלֶגֶת את גזירותיו she was careless about his honor and disregarded his decrees, Ib. s. 3 (read:) כל זמן … הוא מַפְלִיגוכ׳ as long as his teacher is alive, he (the pupil) is careless, (saying) whenever it be needed, here is my teacher Ab. IV, 3 אל תהי מפליג לכל דבר discard nothing (saying, this will never happen). Gen. R. s. 8 ה׳ דרכן של רשעיםוכ׳ he removed the way of the wicked out of his sight (disregarded the evil doings of the future man); Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 ed. Bub. (oth. ed. פִּילֵּג Pi.); a. e. 5) to decline from the road. Gen. R. s. 48 אם אני רואה אותן שהִפְלִיגוּ את דרכםוכ׳ when I see that they wend their way hither ; וכיון שדאה אותם שהפליגו and when he saw that they were declining; Yalk. ib. 82.Trnsf. to be mistaken. Bekh.43b bot. הִיפְלַגְתָּ thou art mistaken (Rashi: thou hast gone too far, v. infra); Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 הִפְלַגְתָּה.Kob. B. to XI, 9 אל תַּפְלִיג עצמך בדברי תורה do not go thy own way in the interpretation of the Law (cling to tradition). 6) ה׳ עצמו ( to withdraw ones self, to be reserved, speak in indefinite and general terms, opp. פרסם עצמו to reveal ones self, speak in definite terms. Midr. Sam. ch. XIV (ref. to 1 Sam. 9:15, sq.) לשעבר לא אלא עד שלא הגיע הקץהקב״ה מפליג עצמו … מפרסם עצמו did the Lord never before reveal anything to Samuel? But before the proper time has come, the Lord speaks reservedly, when the time has come, he reveals himself clearly (‘to-morrow)7) to differ. Yalk. Jer. 320 מי שמפליג על דבריו של אל who opposes the words of God. Y.Pes.V, 32c bot. ומה מַפְלִיגִין and wherein do they differ?; a. e.8) to go too far. Y.Nidd.I, beg.48d, v. פָּרַז. Bekh.43b bot.; Sifra Emor l. c., v. supra.Part. pass. מוּפְלָג a) removed; far. Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 5, ch. VIII מ׳ מנידתה some time after her menstruation, opp. סמוך; Nidd.73a מ׳ לנדתה. Gen. R. s. 44, v. אחַר; a. e.b) distinguished, special expert. Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9, v. מוּפְלָא.Erub.63a דמופלג, v. next w. Pi. פִּלֵּג to remove, disregard. Midr. Till. to Ps. 1, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְפַּלֵּג to be divided, go apart. Gen. R. s. 15 וכל מימי בראשית מִתְפַּלְּגִין מתחתיו and all the waters of creation started from under it; Midr. Till. to Ps. 1; Y.Ber.I, 2c bot., v. פִּילּוּג.