to be stopped off

פָּקַק 1) to split, drive into, force open. Sabb.155b ופוֹקֵק Ms. M., v. פָּקַס I.Denom. פֶּקֶק. 2) (denom. of פֶּקֶק; cmp. חָרַק a. חֶרֶק) to insert a stop-gap; to stop. Kel. III, 8 משפך … שפְּקָקוֹוכ׳ (not שפקקה) a funnel of wood or clay stopped off with pitch. Ib. XXVIII, 2 שהתקינו לָפוֹק בו את המרחץ (ed. Dehr. לפַקֵּק) (a shred) with which it was intended to fill up a gap in the bath. Y.Erub.III, end, 25b צריך לפוק he must stop it off. Tosef. ib. XI (VII), 10 פּוֹקְקִין את הביבוכ׳ you may stop off a gutter with a cloth. Y.Sabb.XVII, 16b top קנה שהתקינו להיות פּוֹקֵק בו החלון a pole (with a coil or a board attached) which has been prepared to close the sky light with it; (Tosef. ib. XIV (XV), 3 להיות פותח ונועל בו), v. פֶּקֶק. Bab. ib. 64b פוקק לה זוג בצוארהוכ׳ he may muffle the bell on an animals neck (that it should not ring), and walk with it ; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּקוּק; pl. פְּקוּקִין Ib. אע״פ שפ׳ nor should the animal be led out with a bell, even if it is muffled. Y.Ter.VIII, 45d מכוסה ואינו פ׳ if the bottle is covered but not stopped; Tosef. ib. VII, 16 (read:) מכוסין ואינן פקוקין (and correct the entire passage in conformity with Y. l. c.), v. פֶּקֶק. Pi. פִּיקֵּק same, v. supra.Tosef.Maasr.I, 5 מפקק ed. Zuck., v. פָּקַס II. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּקֵּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ, v. פִּקְפֵּק. Tanḥ. Aḥăré 8 בשעה שנִתְפַּקְּקָה הכהונהוכ׳ when the priesthood in the hands of Aaron became shaky (was disputed); v. פִּקְפֵּק. 2) to be stopped. Yeb.63b מִתְפַּקְּקִין, v. פִּקְפֵּק.

פָּקַק 1) to split, drive into, force open. Sabb.155b ופוֹקֵק Ms. M., v. פָּקַס I.Denom. פֶּקֶק. 2) (denom. of פֶּקֶק; cmp. חָרַק a. חֶרֶק) to insert a stop-gap; to stop. Kel. III, 8 משפך … שפְּקָקוֹוכ׳ (not שפקקה) a funnel of wood or clay stopped off with pitch. Ib. XXVIII, 2 שהתקינו לָפוֹק בו את המרחץ (ed. Dehr. לפַקֵּק) (a shred) with which it was intended to fill up a gap in the bath. Y.Erub.III, end, 25b צריך לפוק he must stop it off. Tosef. ib. XI (VII), 10 פּוֹקְקִין את הביבוכ׳ you may stop off a gutter with a cloth. Y.Sabb.XVII, 16b top קנה שהתקינו להיות פּוֹקֵק בו החלון a pole (with a coil or a board attached) which has been prepared to close the sky light with it; (Tosef. ib. XIV (XV), 3 להיות פותח ונועל בו), v. פֶּקֶק. Bab. ib. 64b פוקק לה זוג בצוארהוכ׳ he may muffle the bell on an animals neck (that it should not ring), and walk with it ; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּקוּק; pl. פְּקוּקִין Ib. אע״פ שפ׳ nor should the animal be led out with a bell, even if it is muffled. Y.Ter.VIII, 45d מכוסה ואינו פ׳ if the bottle is covered but not stopped; Tosef. ib. VII, 16 (read:) מכוסין ואינן פקוקין (and correct the entire passage in conformity with Y. l. c.), v. פֶּקֶק. Pi. פִּיקֵּק same, v. supra.Tosef.Maasr.I, 5 מפקק ed. Zuck., v. פָּקַס II. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּקֵּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ, v. פִּקְפֵּק. Tanḥ. Aḥăré 8 בשעה שנִתְפַּקְּקָה הכהונהוכ׳ when the priesthood in the hands of Aaron became shaky (was disputed); v. פִּקְפֵּק. 2) to be stopped. Yeb.63b מִתְפַּקְּקִין, v. פִּקְפֵּק.

פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him).

פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

פְּקַקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּקֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּקֵּק to be shaken, loosened), 1) to split, make a breach. Y.Snh.II, 20b כד תִּיפּוֹק (not כל), v. פִּקְפּוּקְתָּא. 2) to stop. Targ. 2 Chr. 32:30.Y.Ter.VIII, 45d פָּקֵיק לה ומכסי לה stops the bottle and covers it. Ithpe. אִתְפְּקַק 1) to be split, chipped off. Targ. Job 30:17 מִתְפַּקְּקִין מיני ed. Lag. are chipped off me (h. text נקר), v. פַּקְפֵּק. 2) to be stopped. Targ. Ps. 31:19.

פְּקַקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּקֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּקֵּק to be shaken, loosened), 1) to split, make a breach. Y.Snh.II, 20b כד תִּיפּוֹק (not כל), v. פִּקְפּוּקְתָּא. 2) to stop. Targ. 2 Chr. 32:30.Y.Ter.VIII, 45d פָּקֵיק לה ומכסי לה stops the bottle and covers it. Ithpe. אִתְפְּקַק 1) to be split, chipped off. Targ. Job 30:17 מִתְפַּקְּקִין מיני ed. Lag. are chipped off me (h. text נקר), v. פַּקְפֵּק. 2) to be stopped. Targ. Ps. 31:19.

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