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פְּסַגch. same, 1) to divide, cut apart. Targ. Y. Gen. 15:10. (O. פלג, h. text בתר). Ib. 26:31. Targ. Y. Lev. 1:6; a. e.Part. pass. פָּסִיג. Gen. R. s. 100 פ׳ תִּרְעָךְ may thy ill-luck be broken (no more evil befall thee,which allowing the meaning ‘may thy gate (תַּרְעָא) be broken, is corrected to יסוג תורעך, v. סוּג ch.). 2) to break through a snare, escape. Gen. R. s. 79 כד שמע … פַּסְגָּא when R. S. heard the heavenly voice say demos (v. דִּימוֹס II), it (the bird) escaped; Yalk. ib. 133 פשגא (Ar. הות פשגה).B. Kam.81b דנִיפְסוֹג that he may be permitted to break through (the vineyard), v. preced. Pa. פַּסֵּיג, Af. אַפְסֵיג to divide. Targ. Y. Lev. 1:12 יַפְסֵיג (some ed. יְפַסֵּיג; ed. Vien. פַּיְסֵג, corr. acc.). Targ. Y. I. Ex. 29:17 תַּפְסֵיג (Y. II תְּפַסֵּג ed. Vien. תְּפַסֵּק).Lam. R. to V, 5 מְפַסֵּג ליהוכ׳ (ed. Wil. מפסל, corr. acc.) he cut him up limb by limb.

פְּסַגch. same, 1) to divide, cut apart. Targ. Y. Gen. 15:10. (O. פלג, h. text בתר). Ib. 26:31. Targ. Y. Lev. 1:6; a. e.Part. pass. פָּסִיג. Gen. R. s. 100 פ׳ תִּרְעָךְ may thy ill-luck be broken (no more evil befall thee,which allowing the meaning ‘may thy gate (תַּרְעָא) be broken, is corrected to יסוג תורעך, v. סוּג ch.). 2) to break through a snare, escape. Gen. R. s. 79 כד שמע … פַּסְגָּא when R. S. heard the heavenly voice say demos (v. דִּימוֹס II), it (the bird) escaped; Yalk. ib. 133 פשגא (Ar. הות פשגה).B. Kam.81b דנִיפְסוֹג that he may be permitted to break through (the vineyard), v. preced. Pa. פַּסֵּיג, Af. אַפְסֵיג to divide. Targ. Y. Lev. 1:12 יַפְסֵיג (some ed. יְפַסֵּיג; ed. Vien. פַּיְסֵג, corr. acc.). Targ. Y. I. Ex. 29:17 תַּפְסֵיג (Y. II תְּפַסֵּג ed. Vien. תְּפַסֵּק).Lam. R. to V, 5 מְפַסֵּג ליהוכ׳ (ed. Wil. מפסל, corr. acc.) he cut him up limb by limb.

פְּצַם(b. h. פָּצַם; cmp. פצי, a. preced.) to split, break. Pa. פַּצֵּים to break open, frame an aperture. Targ. Jer. 22:14 (h. text קרע).V. פַּצִּים.

פְּצַם(b. h. פָּצַם; cmp. פצי, a. preced.) to split, break. Pa. פַּצֵּים to break open, frame an aperture. Targ. Jer. 22:14 (h. text קרע).V. פַּצִּים.

פָּרַד(b. h.) 1) (to break through, run, v. פֶּרֶד II) 2) to break apart; to separate. Ukts. II, 6 הרמון שפְּרָדוֹ a pomegranate which one has cut in two (leaving the seeds in their sheathes; Maim.: שפֵּרְדוֹ, Pi., the grains of which one loosened by drying).Part. pass. פָּרוּד; f. פְּרוּדָה; pl. פְּרוּדִים, פְּרוּדִין; פְּרוּדוֹת. Succ.32a אם היה פ׳וכ׳ v. כָּפַת; Lev. R. s. 30. Toh. VIII, 8 אוכל פ׳ אינווכ׳ eatables divided into pieces are not counted together (to make up the required size for levitical cleanness). Ib. IX, 9 נמצא על גבי פ׳ (Maim. פְּירוּדִים) if the creeping thing is found on broken olives. Ib. פ׳ על גבי פ׳ pieces on top of pieces; a. fr. Nif. נִפְרָד to be separated, spread. Succ.III, 1 נִפְרְדוּ עליו if its leaves are spread, opp. to נפרצו. Hor.10b (ref. to Prov. 18:1) זה לוטשנ׳וכ׳ that means Lot, who separated himself from Abraham; a. fr. Pi. פֵּירֵד to separate, loosen. Ukts. II, 6, v. supra. Tosef.Shebi.VI, 29 מְפָרְדִין (ed. Zuck. a. oth. מְפָרְרִין), v. פֶּרֶד I. Y.B. Mets.II, 11b bot. המְפָרֵד בגרוגרות who separates dried figs; a. e. Hif. הִפְרִיד 1) to separate, estrange. Gen. R. s. 20 (ref. to Prov. 16:28) שה׳ אלופו של עולם he (the serpent) caused the friend of the world (the Divine Presence) to withdraw; (Matt. K.; estranged the prince of the world (Adam, from God)). 2) (neut. verb) to branch off. Ib. s. 16 מֵפְרִיד ‘Rashi; Yalk. Deut. 801, v. פְּרָת. Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵד, Nithpa. נִתְפָּרֵד 1) to separate ones self; to be scattered. Midr. Till. to Ps. 92:10 יִתְפָּרְדוּ כמוץוכ׳ let them be scattered like chaff before the wind; a. e. 2) (of pomegranates) to be cut apart. Orl. III, 8 נִתְפָּרְדוּוכ׳ if the pomegranates are cut; Tosef.Ter.V, 10.

פָּרַד(b. h.) 1) (to break through, run, v. פֶּרֶד II) 2) to break apart; to separate. Ukts. II, 6 הרמון שפְּרָדוֹ a pomegranate which one has cut in two (leaving the seeds in their sheathes; Maim.: שפֵּרְדוֹ, Pi., the grains of which one loosened by drying).Part. pass. פָּרוּד; f. פְּרוּדָה; pl. פְּרוּדִים, פְּרוּדִין; פְּרוּדוֹת. Succ.32a אם היה פ׳וכ׳ v. כָּפַת; Lev. R. s. 30. Toh. VIII, 8 אוכל פ׳ אינווכ׳ eatables divided into pieces are not counted together (to make up the required size for levitical cleanness). Ib. IX, 9 נמצא על גבי פ׳ (Maim. פְּירוּדִים) if the creeping thing is found on broken olives. Ib. פ׳ על גבי פ׳ pieces on top of pieces; a. fr. Nif. נִפְרָד to be separated, spread. Succ.III, 1 נִפְרְדוּ עליו if its leaves are spread, opp. to נפרצו. Hor.10b (ref. to Prov. 18:1) זה לוטשנ׳וכ׳ that means Lot, who separated himself from Abraham; a. fr. Pi. פֵּירֵד to separate, loosen. Ukts. II, 6, v. supra. Tosef.Shebi.VI, 29 מְפָרְדִין (ed. Zuck. a. oth. מְפָרְרִין), v. פֶּרֶד I. Y.B. Mets.II, 11b bot. המְפָרֵד בגרוגרות who separates dried figs; a. e. Hif. הִפְרִיד 1) to separate, estrange. Gen. R. s. 20 (ref. to Prov. 16:28) שה׳ אלופו של עולם he (the serpent) caused the friend of the world (the Divine Presence) to withdraw; (Matt. K.; estranged the prince of the world (Adam, from God)). 2) (neut. verb) to branch off. Ib. s. 16 מֵפְרִיד ‘Rashi; Yalk. Deut. 801, v. פְּרָת. Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵד, Nithpa. נִתְפָּרֵד 1) to separate ones self; to be scattered. Midr. Till. to Ps. 92:10 יִתְפָּרְדוּ כמוץוכ׳ let them be scattered like chaff before the wind; a. e. 2) (of pomegranates) to be cut apart. Orl. III, 8 נִתְפָּרְדוּוכ׳ if the pomegranates are cut; Tosef.Ter.V, 10.

פָּרַזto break through, open, v. פָּרוּז. Hif. הִפְרִיז 1) to break through, go beyond. Nidd.4b ה׳ על מדותיו went beyond his measures, i. e. extended the restrictions of the law too far. Ned.32a ה׳ על מדותיו שלהקב״ה he went too far in testing the attributes (goodness) of the Lord, i. e. presumed on Gods kindness by asking for a sign (Gen. 15:8); Yalk. Gen. 74. Koh. R. to VIII, 8 מַפְרִיזִין באצבעותיהןוכ׳ pointed with their fingers towards a distance, saying, the vision which he sees (Ez. 12:27); (Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥan. 1) ומורין, v. יָרָה) 2) to offer a higher rent than originally stipulated in consideration of a loan to be used to improve the property. B. Mets.V, 5 ומַפְרִיז על שדהווכ׳ (Var. ומַפְרִין; Ms. M. ומפרי׳; Y. ed. ומפרין) and a tenant may offer higher rent for his field in consideration of a loan for improvements, and need not regard the appearance of usury. Ib. 69b אין מפריז לא על חנותוכ׳ (Ms. M. everywhere מפרין) you dare not offer higher rent for a shop or a ship in consideration of a loan (to be invested in the business); Y. ib. V, 10c top מפרין; v. פָּרָה a. פָּרַן.

פָּרַזto break through, open, v. פָּרוּז. Hif. הִפְרִיז 1) to break through, go beyond. Nidd.4b ה׳ על מדותיו went beyond his measures, i. e. extended the restrictions of the law too far. Ned.32a ה׳ על מדותיו שלהקב״ה he went too far in testing the attributes (goodness) of the Lord, i. e. presumed on Gods kindness by asking for a sign (Gen. 15:8); Yalk. Gen. 74. Koh. R. to VIII, 8 מַפְרִיזִין באצבעותיהןוכ׳ pointed with their fingers towards a distance, saying, the vision which he sees (Ez. 12:27); (Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥan. 1) ומורין, v. יָרָה) 2) to offer a higher rent than originally stipulated in consideration of a loan to be used to improve the property. B. Mets.V, 5 ומַפְרִיז על שדהווכ׳ (Var. ומַפְרִין; Ms. M. ומפרי׳; Y. ed. ומפרין) and a tenant may offer higher rent for his field in consideration of a loan for improvements, and need not regard the appearance of usury. Ib. 69b אין מפריז לא על חנותוכ׳ (Ms. M. everywhere מפרין) you dare not offer higher rent for a shop or a ship in consideration of a loan (to be invested in the business); Y. ib. V, 10c top מפרין; v. פָּרָה a. פָּרַן.

פְּרַסI ch. sam( Pi. פֵּירֵס, פֵּירֵש to spread), 1) to split, divide, break; esp. to break bread and say grace. Targ. 2 Kings 4:39 (h. text פלח). Targ. 1 Sam. 9:13 פריס על מזונא ed. Lag. (oth. ed. פ׳ מזונא; Ar. יַפְרִיס נכסתא Af.).Yalk. Prov. 947 פָּרֵיס מנחם ויהיב לאבל the comforter breaks the bread and gives it to the mourner (ref. to Lam. 1:17). Snh.49a bot. פריס להו he divided with them, v. מוֹנִינֵי. B. Mets.40a פריסר׳ י׳ שיתאוכ׳ R. J. sold at the rate of six kuzé for ; a. e.Part. pass. פָּרִיס; f. פְּרִיסָא. Pes.37b והכא כמאן דפ׳ דמיא and here it has the appearance of being broken; Men.78b (not דמי). Bekh.40a דשפיד ופריס (ed. ופרוס, Hebr. form) when the mouth is pointed and (the lip) parted (like that of swine); a. e. 2) to divide, arrange; (= h. העריך, סדר) to arbitrate, value. Targ. O. Lev. 27:8; a. fr.Denom. פּוּרְסָא, פּוֹרָסָא, פּוּרְסָנָא. 3) to distribute, spread; to publish. Targ. Job 36:30. Targ. 2 Sam. 17:19 ופַרְסַת (not ופֵ׳). Targ. Prov. 29:5; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּרִיס; f. פְּרִיסָא; pl. פְּרִיסִין; פְּרִיסַן. Targ. Ex. 25:20 (Bxt. פָּרְסִין); a. fr.Targ. II Esth. 4:8 פָּרִיס published.Ber.55b בעידנא דפַרְסֵיוכ׳ when they (the priests) spread their hands (to bless). Y.Sabb.XX, beg.17c הוון פָּרְסִין קילעיהוכ׳ they spread the curtains on the day before up to four cubits, and the next day they spread them entirely. Ber.51a (expl. עיטוף) ר׳ אסי פָרֵיס סודראוכ׳ R. A. used to spread a cloth over his head (before taking up the cup of benediction). Sabb.48a. Y. ib. XVII, end, 15d, v. גְּדִישָׁא; a. fr. Pa. פָּרֵיס 1) to spread. Targ. Lam. 1:17; a. e. 2) ( Pali) פַּרְסִי (v. P. Sm. 327 6) to publish, divulge. Targ. Y. II Gen. 38:25 מפרסיא (Y. I מפרסמא). Af. אַפְרֵס 1) to distribute, arrange. Targ. 1 Sam. 9:13 Ar. (v. supra). 2) to spread forth. Targ. Is. 25:11. 3) (v. preced. Hif.) to set the foot. Targ. II Esth. 1:2. Ithpa. אִתְפָּרַס to be spread, published. Ib. 3:15; 8:13, sq. אתפרסת Ar. s. v. דיטגמא (ed. אתפרסמת).Lam. R. to II, 2 ולא תִתְפַּרְסִיןוכ׳ (fr. פַּרְסִי) rather than that the secrets of the government be divulged.

פְּרַסI ch. sam( Pi. פֵּירֵס, פֵּירֵש to spread), 1) to split, divide, break; esp. to break bread and say grace. Targ. 2 Kings 4:39 (h. text פלח). Targ. 1 Sam. 9:13 פריס על מזונא ed. Lag. (oth. ed. פ׳ מזונא; Ar. יַפְרִיס נכסתא Af.).Yalk. Prov. 947 פָּרֵיס מנחם ויהיב לאבל the comforter breaks the bread and gives it to the mourner (ref. to Lam. 1:17). Snh.49a bot. פריס להו he divided with them, v. מוֹנִינֵי. B. Mets.40a פריסר׳ י׳ שיתאוכ׳ R. J. sold at the rate of six kuzé for ; a. e.Part. pass. פָּרִיס; f. פְּרִיסָא. Pes.37b והכא כמאן דפ׳ דמיא and here it has the appearance of being broken; Men.78b (not דמי). Bekh.40a דשפיד ופריס (ed. ופרוס, Hebr. form) when the mouth is pointed and (the lip) parted (like that of swine); a. e. 2) to divide, arrange; (= h. העריך, סדר) to arbitrate, value. Targ. O. Lev. 27:8; a. fr.Denom. פּוּרְסָא, פּוֹרָסָא, פּוּרְסָנָא. 3) to distribute, spread; to publish. Targ. Job 36:30. Targ. 2 Sam. 17:19 ופַרְסַת (not ופֵ׳). Targ. Prov. 29:5; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּרִיס; f. פְּרִיסָא; pl. פְּרִיסִין; פְּרִיסַן. Targ. Ex. 25:20 (Bxt. פָּרְסִין); a. fr.Targ. II Esth. 4:8 פָּרִיס published.Ber.55b בעידנא דפַרְסֵיוכ׳ when they (the priests) spread their hands (to bless). Y.Sabb.XX, beg.17c הוון פָּרְסִין קילעיהוכ׳ they spread the curtains on the day before up to four cubits, and the next day they spread them entirely. Ber.51a (expl. עיטוף) ר׳ אסי פָרֵיס סודראוכ׳ R. A. used to spread a cloth over his head (before taking up the cup of benediction). Sabb.48a. Y. ib. XVII, end, 15d, v. גְּדִישָׁא; a. fr. Pa. פָּרֵיס 1) to spread. Targ. Lam. 1:17; a. e. 2) ( Pali) פַּרְסִי (v. P. Sm. 327 6) to publish, divulge. Targ. Y. II Gen. 38:25 מפרסיא (Y. I מפרסמא). Af. אַפְרֵס 1) to distribute, arrange. Targ. 1 Sam. 9:13 Ar. (v. supra). 2) to spread forth. Targ. Is. 25:11. 3) (v. preced. Hif.) to set the foot. Targ. II Esth. 1:2. Ithpa. אִתְפָּרַס to be spread, published. Ib. 3:15; 8:13, sq. אתפרסת Ar. s. v. דיטגמא (ed. אתפרסמת).Lam. R. to II, 2 ולא תִתְפַּרְסִיןוכ׳ (fr. פַּרְסִי) rather than that the secrets of the government be divulged.

פָּרַץ(b. h.) 1) to break through, make a breach, invade. Pes.56a פּוֹרְצִין פרצותוכ׳ made breaches in the fences of their gardens ; (Tosef. ib. II (III), 21 פותחין גינותיהםוכ׳); Men.71a. Ber.63a כבר גדרת … יכול לִפְרוֹץ having once fenced in, thou canst not tear down, i. e. having once approved, you cannot now find fault. Y.Snh.I, 19c top, v. פּוּץ. Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to Gen. 38:29) כל הפּוֹרְצִים ממךוכ׳ all conquerors shall rise from thee (Judah). Yalk. Mic. 551 פָּרַצְתִּי גדרו של עולם מפני יעקב I broke down the fence of the world (reversed the natural order of things) for the sake of Jacob (making his cattle extremely fecund); ולע״ל אני פורץ אותו לבניו and in the days to come I shall do so to his children. B. Kam.60b מלך פּוֹרֵץ … דרך the king may break through fences to pave a way for his army. Koh. R. to IX, 11 (ref. to Job 1:10) פ׳ גדרו של עולםוכ׳ his cattle reversed the order of things Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a top לא פָרַצְתָּ גדירןוכ׳ thou hast not torn down the fence of the scholars (not transgressed their law); Gen. R. s. 79, v. גָּדֵיר. Lev. R. s. 26, v. גֶּדֶר I; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּרוּץ; f. פְּרוּצָה; pl. פְּרוּצִים, פְּרוּצִין; פְּרוּצוֹת. Kil. IV, 4 העומד מרובה על הפ׳ the unimpaired portion of the fence is larger than the ruined part, v. עָמַד II. Y.Sabb.X, 12c top קופה פ׳ a bin which has been broken into (some of the contents of which has been taken); a. fr.Peah VII, 1 בצד הפרוצה Y. ed., v. פִּרְצָה. 2) (sub. גדר) to be lawless, unrestrained, dissolute. Y.Keth.I, 25a bot. שלא יִפְרְצוּ … בזימה in order that the daughters of Israel be not made heedless of chaste conduct (v. infra); a. e.Part. pass. as ab. dissolute, bold. Ib. מפני פ׳ אחד because there might be one dissolute man (who may go to the expense of marriage for the sake of his gratification, with the intention of charging his bride with faithlessness afterwards). Cant. R. to IV, 12 לא נמצא בהן אחד פ׳ בעיוה not one of them was of immoral conduct; Lev. R. s. 32 פְּרוּץ ערוה. Gitt.46a שלא יהו בנות … פ׳וכ׳ that the daughters of Israel may not be loose in moral conduct or in vows (v. supra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:21) אפי׳ אדם פ׳ אינווכ׳ even the most shameless man would not use such language. Sot.7a אבל פ׳ but if they are known to be of dissolute habits, opp. כשרין. Keth.2b, sq. משום פ׳ on account of loose women, opp. צנועות; a. fr. 3) to spread, increase. Sabb.13a; Tosef. ib. I, 14 עד היכן פָּרְצָה טהרהוכ׳ how far the observance of levitical cleanness has spread in Israeli!; a. e. Nif. נִפְרָץ 1) to be broken through, torn down. Tosef.Kil.III, 3 מחיצת הכרם שנִפְרְצָה if the partition of a vineyard has come down; גדרה ונ׳ if he repaired it, and it came down again. Erub.IX, 2 חצר גדולה שנפרצה לקטנה if the partition between a large court and a smaller one has been broken into. Yalk. Ez. 352 a good shepherd שנ׳ גדר צאנו the fold of whose flock was broken into; (Ruth R. introd. שנפלה). גדר Tanḥ. Bal. 13 ראה שישראל נִפְרָצִים שם he (Balak) saw that the Israelites would be broken into (sustain a great loss) there; Num. R. s. 20 שיש פרצים (corr. acc.). Ab. dR. N. ch. V ונִפְרְצוּוכ׳, v. פִּרְצָה; a. fr. 2) to be unrestrained, dissolute. Tanḥ. Vayera 9 לפי שנפרצו מעשיהם בזנות because their doings were unrestrained in matters of sexual morality; a. e. 3) to be spread, increased. Gen. R. s. 73 (ref. to Gen. 30:43) נִפְרְצָה לו פרצה מעיןוכ׳ an (abnormal) increase of wealth was granted to him similar to that expected in the days to come (v. Yalk. Mic. l. c.); Yalk. Gen. 130; Yalk. Koh. 989; a. e. 4) to be broken off, severed. Succ.III, 1 נפרצו עליו if its leaves are severed (and only kept together by a band), v. פָּרַד. Hif. הִפְרִיץ (denom. of פָּרִיץ) to be defiant. Tosef.Macc.V (IV), 13 אפי׳ עומד ומַפְרִיץוכ׳ even if he stands up defiantly (saying, he did not mind more lashes), you dare not add Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵץ to become dissolute, be unrestrained, licentious. Y.Sabb.III, 6a bot. שלא תִתְפָּרֵץ that she may not assume immoral habits; ib. שלא יִתְפָּרְצוּ that people may not be unrestrained; Y.Bets. II, 61c.

פָּרַץ(b. h.) 1) to break through, make a breach, invade. Pes.56a פּוֹרְצִין פרצותוכ׳ made breaches in the fences of their gardens ; (Tosef. ib. II (III), 21 פותחין גינותיהםוכ׳); Men.71a. Ber.63a כבר גדרת … יכול לִפְרוֹץ having once fenced in, thou canst not tear down, i. e. having once approved, you cannot now find fault. Y.Snh.I, 19c top, v. פּוּץ. Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to Gen. 38:29) כל הפּוֹרְצִים ממךוכ׳ all conquerors shall rise from thee (Judah). Yalk. Mic. 551 פָּרַצְתִּי גדרו של עולם מפני יעקב I broke down the fence of the world (reversed the natural order of things) for the sake of Jacob (making his cattle extremely fecund); ולע״ל אני פורץ אותו לבניו and in the days to come I shall do so to his children. B. Kam.60b מלך פּוֹרֵץ … דרך the king may break through fences to pave a way for his army. Koh. R. to IX, 11 (ref. to Job 1:10) פ׳ גדרו של עולםוכ׳ his cattle reversed the order of things Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a top לא פָרַצְתָּ גדירןוכ׳ thou hast not torn down the fence of the scholars (not transgressed their law); Gen. R. s. 79, v. גָּדֵיר. Lev. R. s. 26, v. גֶּדֶר I; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּרוּץ; f. פְּרוּצָה; pl. פְּרוּצִים, פְּרוּצִין; פְּרוּצוֹת. Kil. IV, 4 העומד מרובה על הפ׳ the unimpaired portion of the fence is larger than the ruined part, v. עָמַד II. Y.Sabb.X, 12c top קופה פ׳ a bin which has been broken into (some of the contents of which has been taken); a. fr.Peah VII, 1 בצד הפרוצה Y. ed., v. פִּרְצָה. 2) (sub. גדר) to be lawless, unrestrained, dissolute. Y.Keth.I, 25a bot. שלא יִפְרְצוּ … בזימה in order that the daughters of Israel be not made heedless of chaste conduct (v. infra); a. e.Part. pass. as ab. dissolute, bold. Ib. מפני פ׳ אחד because there might be one dissolute man (who may go to the expense of marriage for the sake of his gratification, with the intention of charging his bride with faithlessness afterwards). Cant. R. to IV, 12 לא נמצא בהן אחד פ׳ בעיוה not one of them was of immoral conduct; Lev. R. s. 32 פְּרוּץ ערוה. Gitt.46a שלא יהו בנות … פ׳וכ׳ that the daughters of Israel may not be loose in moral conduct or in vows (v. supra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:21) אפי׳ אדם פ׳ אינווכ׳ even the most shameless man would not use such language. Sot.7a אבל פ׳ but if they are known to be of dissolute habits, opp. כשרין. Keth.2b, sq. משום פ׳ on account of loose women, opp. צנועות; a. fr. 3) to spread, increase. Sabb.13a; Tosef. ib. I, 14 עד היכן פָּרְצָה טהרהוכ׳ how far the observance of levitical cleanness has spread in Israeli!; a. e. Nif. נִפְרָץ 1) to be broken through, torn down. Tosef.Kil.III, 3 מחיצת הכרם שנִפְרְצָה if the partition of a vineyard has come down; גדרה ונ׳ if he repaired it, and it came down again. Erub.IX, 2 חצר גדולה שנפרצה לקטנה if the partition between a large court and a smaller one has been broken into. Yalk. Ez. 352 a good shepherd שנ׳ גדר צאנו the fold of whose flock was broken into; (Ruth R. introd. שנפלה). גדר Tanḥ. Bal. 13 ראה שישראל נִפְרָצִים שם he (Balak) saw that the Israelites would be broken into (sustain a great loss) there; Num. R. s. 20 שיש פרצים (corr. acc.). Ab. dR. N. ch. V ונִפְרְצוּוכ׳, v. פִּרְצָה; a. fr. 2) to be unrestrained, dissolute. Tanḥ. Vayera 9 לפי שנפרצו מעשיהם בזנות because their doings were unrestrained in matters of sexual morality; a. e. 3) to be spread, increased. Gen. R. s. 73 (ref. to Gen. 30:43) נִפְרְצָה לו פרצה מעיןוכ׳ an (abnormal) increase of wealth was granted to him similar to that expected in the days to come (v. Yalk. Mic. l. c.); Yalk. Gen. 130; Yalk. Koh. 989; a. e. 4) to be broken off, severed. Succ.III, 1 נפרצו עליו if its leaves are severed (and only kept together by a band), v. פָּרַד. Hif. הִפְרִיץ (denom. of פָּרִיץ) to be defiant. Tosef.Macc.V (IV), 13 אפי׳ עומד ומַפְרִיץוכ׳ even if he stands up defiantly (saying, he did not mind more lashes), you dare not add Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵץ to become dissolute, be unrestrained, licentious. Y.Sabb.III, 6a bot. שלא תִתְפָּרֵץ that she may not assume immoral habits; ib. שלא יִתְפָּרְצוּ that people may not be unrestrained; Y.Bets. II, 61c.

פָּרַק(b. h.) to break, separate; to untie, loosen; to unload. Sabb.138a וילין … ומותר לפוֹרְקוֹ it is permitted (on the Sabbath) to stretch a curtain and also to untie (remove) it. Ib. b top. Y.Shebi.III, beg.34c לא יִפְרוֹקוכ׳, v. מִשְׁפֶּלֶת (Ib. לא יַפְרִיק Hif., v. infra. Cant. R. to I, 5 טוענת ופוִרֶקֶת she loads (becomes pregnant) and unloads (delivers); a. fr.Trnsf. to redeem, deliver. Gen. R. s. 44 אני פוֹרְקָן I shall redeem them; a. e.פ׳ עול to untie the yoke, cast off an obligation. Ab. III, 5, v. עוֹל. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 4 פָּרְקוּ מהם עולוכ׳ they cast off the heavenly yoke, and made flesh and blood rule over them; a. fr.Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 25 אינן פּוֹרְקִין יראה they do not cast off the fear (of having lost the divine grace through their sins); Yalk. Num. 765 אין פורקין יראה מהם; Num. R. s. 19 אין פּוֹרְקִים ביראה (corr. acc.).Part. pass. פָּרוּק; f. פְּרוּקָה; pl. פְּרוּקִים, פְּרוּקִין, פְּרוּקוֹת. Y.B. Kam.III, 3d אחד פ׳ ואחד טעוןוכ׳ if (on meeting on the road) one animal is without a load, and the other is laden, the unladen must make room for the laden; היו שניהן … פ׳ if both are laden or both unladen. Ib. שתיהן פ׳ if both wagons are without a load; a. fr.Esp. to help to unload an animal broken down under its burden (Ex. 23:5). B. Mets. II, 10 מצוה … לִפְרוֹק, v. טָעַן II. Ib. אם רצונך לפרוק פְּרוֹק if thou desirest to unload, do so (without my assistance); a. fr. Pi. פֵּירֵק to sever, strip; to take off, release; to take apart. Shebi. II, 2 מְפָרְקִין you may release (trees in the Sabbatical year); Y. ib. 33d top מפ׳ בעלין ‘release refers to (a too luxuriant growth of) leaves. Ukts. II, 5 התחיל לְפָרֵק when he has begun to strip (vegetables). Tosef. ib. II, 13 התחיל לפרק באגוזים when he has begun to strip nuts (of their burrs). Sabb.88a ירדו … ופֵירְקוּם one hundred and twenty myriads of angels of destruction came down and took them (the crowns) off their heads. Ib. בחורב … פֵּרְקוּ (Rashi פירקו) at Horeb they loaded (angels put crowns on their heads), and at Horeb they unloaded (angels took their crowns off). Men.8a; 9b עד שלא פֵרְקָהּ before he took it (the pile of the show bread) apart Y.Yoma I, 38c top מעמירו ומְפָרְקוֹ put it (the Tabernacle) up and broke it up again; העמידו ולא פירקו put it up and did not break it up again; Num. R. s. 13, beg.; Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 end.Y.M. Kat. I, 80b bot. מְפָרְקִין את המנעולוכ׳ you may take the shoe off the block. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43b, v. פַּצִּים; a. fr.Sabb.95a חולב חייב משום מפרק one milking (on the Sabbath) is guilty of an act resembling unloading; Keth.60a יונק מפרק כלאחר יד releasing the cow by sucking is unloading in an unusual way (v. אַחַר). Lev. R. s. 13 עמד ופֵרְקוּם לישראל he rose and took them off the back of the gentiles, and put them on Israel.Sabb.156a לְפָרֵק to take food from before one animal and place it before another, Rashi; (Tosaf.: to empty from vessel to vessel in order to procure a thorough mixture; other defin., v. Ar. s. v..Part. pass. מְפוֹרָק a) unloaded. B. Mets.33a (ref. to Ex. l. c.) ‘under its burden, ולא מפ׳ but not when it is unloaded (and the owner requires assistance to load it again). Ib. לא מפ׳ בחנם when it is unloaded, one need not assist in loading without remuneration.b) taken apart, broken up. Tanḥ. Pkudé 11 והיה מונח ומפ׳וכ׳ and it (the Tabernacle) lay in parts (uncombined) during Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵק, Nithpa. נִתְפָּרֵק 1) to be taken apart, broken up. Y. Yoma l. c. Sabb.XVII, 1 אע״פ שנִתְפָּרְקוּ although the doors are detached (when the piece of furniture is moved). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 2 נִתְפָּרְקָה זווכ׳ ed. Zuck. (missing in eds.) if the blades of scissors are separated, each may become unclean for itself; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 36 (ref. to Gen. 9:24) נתפ׳ יינו מעליו the load of his wine was taken from him (he became sober). 2) to be loose, movable like a link or joint (v. פֶּרֶק). Yoma 72a מִתְפָּרְקִין ואיןוכ׳ they (the bars in the ring) were movable but could not slip off. Nidd.9a (of a woman after confinement) איבריה מתפרקיןוכ׳ her limbs are loose (shaky), and her full strength does not return to her before ; Bekh.6b איבריה מתפרקין הימנה she feels as tho her limbs were dropping off. Yalk. Num. 708 תהא מִתְפָּרֶקֶת איברים איברים she shall lose limb after limb; Num. R. s. 9 מתרפקת (corr. acc.); a. e.(Yalk. Cant. 986 מתפרקות some ed., read: מתרפקות, v. רָפַק. Nif. נִפְרָק (denom. of פֶּרֶק) 1) to be out of joint, dislocated, sprained. Sabb.XXII, 6 מי שנִפְרְקָה ידווכ׳ he who sprained his arm or foot. 2) to be removed. Tosef. ib. XIII (XIV), 5 שיִפָּרְקוּ ed. Zuck. (Var. שימחו) that they be removed (cut out).(Hif. הִפְרִיק as Kal and Pi. Tosef.Ber.II, 7 שיַפְרִיק ed. Zuck. (Var. שיְפָרֵק). Y.Shebi.III, beg.34c, v. supra; prob. to be read: יְפָרֵיק.

פָּרַק(b. h.) to break, separate; to untie, loosen; to unload. Sabb.138a וילין … ומותר לפוֹרְקוֹ it is permitted (on the Sabbath) to stretch a curtain and also to untie (remove) it. Ib. b top. Y.Shebi.III, beg.34c לא יִפְרוֹקוכ׳, v. מִשְׁפֶּלֶת (Ib. לא יַפְרִיק Hif., v. infra. Cant. R. to I, 5 טוענת ופוִרֶקֶת she loads (becomes pregnant) and unloads (delivers); a. fr.Trnsf. to redeem, deliver. Gen. R. s. 44 אני פוֹרְקָן I shall redeem them; a. e.פ׳ עול to untie the yoke, cast off an obligation. Ab. III, 5, v. עוֹל. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 4 פָּרְקוּ מהם עולוכ׳ they cast off the heavenly yoke, and made flesh and blood rule over them; a. fr.Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 25 אינן פּוֹרְקִין יראה they do not cast off the fear (of having lost the divine grace through their sins); Yalk. Num. 765 אין פורקין יראה מהם; Num. R. s. 19 אין פּוֹרְקִים ביראה (corr. acc.).Part. pass. פָּרוּק; f. פְּרוּקָה; pl. פְּרוּקִים, פְּרוּקִין, פְּרוּקוֹת. Y.B. Kam.III, 3d אחד פ׳ ואחד טעוןוכ׳ if (on meeting on the road) one animal is without a load, and the other is laden, the unladen must make room for the laden; היו שניהן … פ׳ if both are laden or both unladen. Ib. שתיהן פ׳ if both wagons are without a load; a. fr.Esp. to help to unload an animal broken down under its burden (Ex. 23:5). B. Mets. II, 10 מצוה … לִפְרוֹק, v. טָעַן II. Ib. אם רצונך לפרוק פְּרוֹק if thou desirest to unload, do so (without my assistance); a. fr. Pi. פֵּירֵק to sever, strip; to take off, release; to take apart. Shebi. II, 2 מְפָרְקִין you may release (trees in the Sabbatical year); Y. ib. 33d top מפ׳ בעלין ‘release refers to (a too luxuriant growth of) leaves. Ukts. II, 5 התחיל לְפָרֵק when he has begun to strip (vegetables). Tosef. ib. II, 13 התחיל לפרק באגוזים when he has begun to strip nuts (of their burrs). Sabb.88a ירדו … ופֵירְקוּם one hundred and twenty myriads of angels of destruction came down and took them (the crowns) off their heads. Ib. בחורב … פֵּרְקוּ (Rashi פירקו) at Horeb they loaded (angels put crowns on their heads), and at Horeb they unloaded (angels took their crowns off). Men.8a; 9b עד שלא פֵרְקָהּ before he took it (the pile of the show bread) apart Y.Yoma I, 38c top מעמירו ומְפָרְקוֹ put it (the Tabernacle) up and broke it up again; העמידו ולא פירקו put it up and did not break it up again; Num. R. s. 13, beg.; Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 end.Y.M. Kat. I, 80b bot. מְפָרְקִין את המנעולוכ׳ you may take the shoe off the block. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43b, v. פַּצִּים; a. fr.Sabb.95a חולב חייב משום מפרק one milking (on the Sabbath) is guilty of an act resembling unloading; Keth.60a יונק מפרק כלאחר יד releasing the cow by sucking is unloading in an unusual way (v. אַחַר). Lev. R. s. 13 עמד ופֵרְקוּם לישראל he rose and took them off the back of the gentiles, and put them on Israel.Sabb.156a לְפָרֵק to take food from before one animal and place it before another, Rashi; (Tosaf.: to empty from vessel to vessel in order to procure a thorough mixture; other defin., v. Ar. s. v..Part. pass. מְפוֹרָק a) unloaded. B. Mets.33a (ref. to Ex. l. c.) ‘under its burden, ולא מפ׳ but not when it is unloaded (and the owner requires assistance to load it again). Ib. לא מפ׳ בחנם when it is unloaded, one need not assist in loading without remuneration.b) taken apart, broken up. Tanḥ. Pkudé 11 והיה מונח ומפ׳וכ׳ and it (the Tabernacle) lay in parts (uncombined) during Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵק, Nithpa. נִתְפָּרֵק 1) to be taken apart, broken up. Y. Yoma l. c. Sabb.XVII, 1 אע״פ שנִתְפָּרְקוּ although the doors are detached (when the piece of furniture is moved). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 2 נִתְפָּרְקָה זווכ׳ ed. Zuck. (missing in eds.) if the blades of scissors are separated, each may become unclean for itself; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 36 (ref. to Gen. 9:24) נתפ׳ יינו מעליו the load of his wine was taken from him (he became sober). 2) to be loose, movable like a link or joint (v. פֶּרֶק). Yoma 72a מִתְפָּרְקִין ואיןוכ׳ they (the bars in the ring) were movable but could not slip off. Nidd.9a (of a woman after confinement) איבריה מתפרקיןוכ׳ her limbs are loose (shaky), and her full strength does not return to her before ; Bekh.6b איבריה מתפרקין הימנה she feels as tho her limbs were dropping off. Yalk. Num. 708 תהא מִתְפָּרֶקֶת איברים איברים she shall lose limb after limb; Num. R. s. 9 מתרפקת (corr. acc.); a. e.(Yalk. Cant. 986 מתפרקות some ed., read: מתרפקות, v. רָפַק. Nif. נִפְרָק (denom. of פֶּרֶק) 1) to be out of joint, dislocated, sprained. Sabb.XXII, 6 מי שנִפְרְקָה ידווכ׳ he who sprained his arm or foot. 2) to be removed. Tosef. ib. XIII (XIV), 5 שיִפָּרְקוּ ed. Zuck. (Var. שימחו) that they be removed (cut out).(Hif. הִפְרִיק as Kal and Pi. Tosef.Ber.II, 7 שיַפְרִיק ed. Zuck. (Var. שיְפָרֵק). Y.Shebi.III, beg.34c, v. supra; prob. to be read: יְפָרֵיק.

פָּרַר(b. h.) to break. Pi. פֵּרֵר to crumble. Pes.10b ררכו של תינוק לפָרֵר it is a childs way to crumble bread (and leave it on the ground). Ib. II, 1 מְפָרֵר וזורהוכ׳ he may crumble (the leavened bread) and cast it to the wind; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.VI, 29 מְפָיְרִין, v. פָּרַד. Hif. הֵפֵר, הֵיפֵר to break, destroy; to thwart. Ab. III, 11 המֵפֵר בריתווכ׳ he that breaks the Abrahamitic covenant (omits or effaces circumcision, v. מָשַׁךְ). Gen. R. s. 98 (play on פֹּרָת, Gen. 49:22) בן שה׳ לאחיו the son that broke (faith) with his brothers; ib. שהֵפֵירוּ לו אחיו to whom his brothers were faithless; ib. שה׳ לאדונתו, v. אֲדוֹנָח. Ib. s. 16 (play on פְּרָת, Gen. 2:14) פרת שהֵפֵירָה והצירה לבניו Edom (Rome) is called Prath, because she broke faith with, and distressed his (Gods) children (Var. לפניו); שאני עתיד להָפֵר לה because I (the Lord) shall in the end thwart her plans; Yalk. ib. 22; a. fr.Esp. to make void; to disalloiv a vow (Num. 30:2–16). Ned.X, 1 אביה ובעלה מְפִירִיןוכ׳ both her father and her husband must declare her vow void; ה׳ האבוכ׳ if only the father protested, and the husband did not. Ib. 2 חבעל מֵפֵר בבגרוכ׳ in the case of an adult the husband has the right of disallowing, but not the father. Ib. 4 אינו יכול להָפֵר he has no power to disallow her vows. Ib. 5 יָפֵר he has the power Ib. 72a, a. e. אין הבעל מֵיפֵר בקודמין the husband cannot invalidate vows made before marriage, Ib. XI, 12 (90b) יָפֵר (ל)חלקי he may invalidate her vow for his share (as far as it concerns him). Ib. 7 איני יודע שיש מפירין I did not know that there are invalidating powers (vested in the husband); a. v. fr.Part. pass. מוּפָר; pl. מוּפָרִין. Ib. X, 1 אינו מ׳ her vow is not made void. Ib. 4 כל נררים … הרי הן מ׳ whatever vows thou mayest have made in my house, shall be void. Ib. 77b מ׳ ליכי thy vow is void; a. fr.

פָּרַר(b. h.) to break. Pi. פֵּרֵר to crumble. Pes.10b ררכו של תינוק לפָרֵר it is a childs way to crumble bread (and leave it on the ground). Ib. II, 1 מְפָרֵר וזורהוכ׳ he may crumble (the leavened bread) and cast it to the wind; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.VI, 29 מְפָיְרִין, v. פָּרַד. Hif. הֵפֵר, הֵיפֵר to break, destroy; to thwart. Ab. III, 11 המֵפֵר בריתווכ׳ he that breaks the Abrahamitic covenant (omits or effaces circumcision, v. מָשַׁךְ). Gen. R. s. 98 (play on פֹּרָת, Gen. 49:22) בן שה׳ לאחיו the son that broke (faith) with his brothers; ib. שהֵפֵירוּ לו אחיו to whom his brothers were faithless; ib. שה׳ לאדונתו, v. אֲדוֹנָח. Ib. s. 16 (play on פְּרָת, Gen. 2:14) פרת שהֵפֵירָה והצירה לבניו Edom (Rome) is called Prath, because she broke faith with, and distressed his (Gods) children (Var. לפניו); שאני עתיד להָפֵר לה because I (the Lord) shall in the end thwart her plans; Yalk. ib. 22; a. fr.Esp. to make void; to disalloiv a vow (Num. 30:2–16). Ned.X, 1 אביה ובעלה מְפִירִיןוכ׳ both her father and her husband must declare her vow void; ה׳ האבוכ׳ if only the father protested, and the husband did not. Ib. 2 חבעל מֵפֵר בבגרוכ׳ in the case of an adult the husband has the right of disallowing, but not the father. Ib. 4 אינו יכול להָפֵר he has no power to disallow her vows. Ib. 5 יָפֵר he has the power Ib. 72a, a. e. אין הבעל מֵיפֵר בקודמין the husband cannot invalidate vows made before marriage, Ib. XI, 12 (90b) יָפֵר (ל)חלקי he may invalidate her vow for his share (as far as it concerns him). Ib. 7 איני יודע שיש מפירין I did not know that there are invalidating powers (vested in the husband); a. v. fr.Part. pass. מוּפָר; pl. מוּפָרִין. Ib. X, 1 אינו מ׳ her vow is not made void. Ib. 4 כל נררים … הרי הן מ׳ whatever vows thou mayest have made in my house, shall be void. Ib. 77b מ׳ ליכי thy vow is void; a. fr.

פָּתַח(b. h.) 1) to open, begin. Y.Ber.VI, end, 10d על כל … שהיה פוֹתֵהַוכ׳ over each cask as he opened it he said the benediction Sabb.104a, a. e. פּוֹתְחִין לו (Var. פְּתָחִין), v. טָמֵא I. Ib. 48a מתירין … אבל לא פותחין you may untie the neck-hole of a shirt, but not cut it open (on the Sabbath). Y.Taan.I, 64b top (ref. to Is. 45:8) כנקבה … פוֹתַחַתוכ׳ like the female that opens for the male. Ned.III, 4 לא יִפְתַּח לו בנדר he must not begin (offer his willingness) to make a vow (in order to escape robbery, v. נָדַר); a. v. fr.Part. pass. פָּתוּחַ; פְּתוּחָה; pl. פְּתוּחִים, פְּתוּחִין, פְּתוּחוֹת. Yeb.71b, a. e. נסתם הפ׳, v. סָתַם. Snh.94a, v. סָהֵם (v. מנצפ״ך). Meg.3a, פ׳ באמצע, v. סָתַם. Erub.IV, 6 שלש חצירות הפ׳ זו לזו ופ׳וכ׳ three courts opening into (communicating with) one another and into the public road; a. v. fr. פתה פתוח, v. פֶּתַח.Esp. (פרשה) פְּתוּחָה a paragraph in the Torah beginning with a new, indented line, opp. סתומה. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזהו פ׳ כל שלאוכ׳ what is an open paragraph? Such as does not begin at the beginning of a line, וכמה … ותהא נקראת פ׳ and how much space must one leave … for a paragraph to be called open?; a. fr.Trnsf. (to open the door to,) to introduce (into learning). Y.M. Kat. III, 83b top איזהו רבו כל שפ׳ לו תחלה who is called ones (special) teacher? He who was the first to initiate him; a. e.Esp. to open an opportunity for retracting a vow, to suggest reasons which, if known at the time, would have prevented the person from making the vow, v. חֲרָטָה. Ned.IX, 1 פותחין לאדם בכביךוכ׳ the judges offer suggestions taken from the respect due to parents (saying, if you had known that this vow cast a reflection on your father). Ib. רִפְתְּחוּ לו בכבוד המקים why not suggest to him the reverence due to the Lord (‘if you had known that he who makes a vow is considered an evil-doer)? Ib. 4 פותחין לו מן הכתובוכ׳ we offer suggestions to him from what is written in the Law, saying to him, if you had known that (in fulfilling that vow) you would transgress the law forbidding revenge ; a. fr.B. Kam.27a פ׳ בכד וסיים בחבית the Mishnah begins with kad and closes with ḥabith! Ber.10a פ׳ בה באשריוכ׳ v. סוּם I h. Gen. R. s. 84 אתה פָתֵחְתָּ תחלה בהצלתוכ׳ thou wast the first man to speak of saving life; אתה פתחת בתשובהוכ׳ thou wast the first to do repentance, … one of thy descendants shall rise and be the first (prophet) to call for repentance; a. fr.Esp. to open a lecture with a (Biblical) text. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 170a> ר׳ לוי פ׳וכ׳ R. Levi took up the text (Ps. 75:5) Gen. R. s. 1; a. v. fr.Pesik. R. s. 33 (an editorial gloss) פ׳ בכל אלו הפרשיות the author takes his texts from all those (quoted) passages. 2) to explain, speak plainly. Shek. V, 1; Men.65a (ref. to פתחיה as identical with מרדכי) he was named Pethahia, שהיה פותח דברים ודורשןוכ׳ (not בדברים) because he explained words and interpreted them (etymologically) and knew seventy languages.Part. pass. as ab. Sifré Aḥăré, beg., v. סָתַם. Nif. נִפְתַּח 1) to be opened. Yeb.71b, a. e., v. סָתַם. R. Hash. 16b שלשה … נִפְתָּחִין בר״ה three books are opened (for recording) on the New Years Day. B. Bath. 125b, v. סוּם I, Nithpa. Pesik. R. l. c. להִיפָּתֵחַ to have ones bowels opened, v. פְּסִיעָה; a. fr.Ib. (editorial gloss) ונ׳ עוד שם בפרשתוכ׳ and furthermore this section (Is. 61:1) was used as the opening text; a. fr.Esp. to have ones eyes opened, to become seeing. Pesik. R. s. 42 בשילדה שדה כל סומא … נ׳ when Sarah gave birth, every blind person in the world was restored to sight; a. e. Pi. פִּיתֵּהֵ 1) to open. Ib. פי׳ הפילקיות he opened the prisons. Par. III, 8 ועושין … ומְפַתְּחִין בה חלונות they piled wood in the shape of a tower and opened windows in it. Zeb.88b רימונים שלא פִיתְּחוּ פיהן (Ms. K. a. R. 2 נִפְתְּהוּ; Ms. R. 1 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) pomegranates which have not yet burst open; a. e. 2) to engrave. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43b Pl. פי׳ בה פיתוחים if he cut designs into it. 3) to dig, break ground. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXVIII; Gen. R. s. 76 כשיצמד … יְפַתְּחוּ וישדדווכ׳ when an ox and a cow are harnessed together, they will break and harrow all valleys. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֵּחַ, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֵּחַ 1) to be opened, v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 31 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ בדם they (their cavities) were opened with (discharged) blood; a. e. 2) to be cut into, graven. Tosef.Sot.XV, 1; Y. ib. IX, 24b וכיון … היו מִתְפַּתְּחוֹת לפניווכ׳ and when they let it (the Shamir, v. שָׁמִיר) look at the stones, they were engraven before it like the (wax-covered) tablets Y.Kil.VII, beg.30d מתפתחת R. S. to Kil. VIII, 1, v. פִּתְפֵּת.

פָּתַח(b. h.) 1) to open, begin. Y.Ber.VI, end, 10d על כל … שהיה פוֹתֵהַוכ׳ over each cask as he opened it he said the benediction Sabb.104a, a. e. פּוֹתְחִין לו (Var. פְּתָחִין), v. טָמֵא I. Ib. 48a מתירין … אבל לא פותחין you may untie the neck-hole of a shirt, but not cut it open (on the Sabbath). Y.Taan.I, 64b top (ref. to Is. 45:8) כנקבה … פוֹתַחַתוכ׳ like the female that opens for the male. Ned.III, 4 לא יִפְתַּח לו בנדר he must not begin (offer his willingness) to make a vow (in order to escape robbery, v. נָדַר); a. v. fr.Part. pass. פָּתוּחַ; פְּתוּחָה; pl. פְּתוּחִים, פְּתוּחִין, פְּתוּחוֹת. Yeb.71b, a. e. נסתם הפ׳, v. סָתַם. Snh.94a, v. סָהֵם (v. מנצפ״ך). Meg.3a, פ׳ באמצע, v. סָתַם. Erub.IV, 6 שלש חצירות הפ׳ זו לזו ופ׳וכ׳ three courts opening into (communicating with) one another and into the public road; a. v. fr. פתה פתוח, v. פֶּתַח.Esp. (פרשה) פְּתוּחָה a paragraph in the Torah beginning with a new, indented line, opp. סתומה. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזהו פ׳ כל שלאוכ׳ what is an open paragraph? Such as does not begin at the beginning of a line, וכמה … ותהא נקראת פ׳ and how much space must one leave … for a paragraph to be called open?; a. fr.Trnsf. (to open the door to,) to introduce (into learning). Y.M. Kat. III, 83b top איזהו רבו כל שפ׳ לו תחלה who is called ones (special) teacher? He who was the first to initiate him; a. e.Esp. to open an opportunity for retracting a vow, to suggest reasons which, if known at the time, would have prevented the person from making the vow, v. חֲרָטָה. Ned.IX, 1 פותחין לאדם בכביךוכ׳ the judges offer suggestions taken from the respect due to parents (saying, if you had known that this vow cast a reflection on your father). Ib. רִפְתְּחוּ לו בכבוד המקים why not suggest to him the reverence due to the Lord (‘if you had known that he who makes a vow is considered an evil-doer)? Ib. 4 פותחין לו מן הכתובוכ׳ we offer suggestions to him from what is written in the Law, saying to him, if you had known that (in fulfilling that vow) you would transgress the law forbidding revenge ; a. fr.B. Kam.27a פ׳ בכד וסיים בחבית the Mishnah begins with kad and closes with ḥabith! Ber.10a פ׳ בה באשריוכ׳ v. סוּם I h. Gen. R. s. 84 אתה פָתֵחְתָּ תחלה בהצלתוכ׳ thou wast the first man to speak of saving life; אתה פתחת בתשובהוכ׳ thou wast the first to do repentance, … one of thy descendants shall rise and be the first (prophet) to call for repentance; a. fr.Esp. to open a lecture with a (Biblical) text. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 170a> ר׳ לוי פ׳וכ׳ R. Levi took up the text (Ps. 75:5) Gen. R. s. 1; a. v. fr.Pesik. R. s. 33 (an editorial gloss) פ׳ בכל אלו הפרשיות the author takes his texts from all those (quoted) passages. 2) to explain, speak plainly. Shek. V, 1; Men.65a (ref. to פתחיה as identical with מרדכי) he was named Pethahia, שהיה פותח דברים ודורשןוכ׳ (not בדברים) because he explained words and interpreted them (etymologically) and knew seventy languages.Part. pass. as ab. Sifré Aḥăré, beg., v. סָתַם. Nif. נִפְתַּח 1) to be opened. Yeb.71b, a. e., v. סָתַם. R. Hash. 16b שלשה … נִפְתָּחִין בר״ה three books are opened (for recording) on the New Years Day. B. Bath. 125b, v. סוּם I, Nithpa. Pesik. R. l. c. להִיפָּתֵחַ to have ones bowels opened, v. פְּסִיעָה; a. fr.Ib. (editorial gloss) ונ׳ עוד שם בפרשתוכ׳ and furthermore this section (Is. 61:1) was used as the opening text; a. fr.Esp. to have ones eyes opened, to become seeing. Pesik. R. s. 42 בשילדה שדה כל סומא … נ׳ when Sarah gave birth, every blind person in the world was restored to sight; a. e. Pi. פִּיתֵּהֵ 1) to open. Ib. פי׳ הפילקיות he opened the prisons. Par. III, 8 ועושין … ומְפַתְּחִין בה חלונות they piled wood in the shape of a tower and opened windows in it. Zeb.88b רימונים שלא פִיתְּחוּ פיהן (Ms. K. a. R. 2 נִפְתְּהוּ; Ms. R. 1 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) pomegranates which have not yet burst open; a. e. 2) to engrave. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43b Pl. פי׳ בה פיתוחים if he cut designs into it. 3) to dig, break ground. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXVIII; Gen. R. s. 76 כשיצמד … יְפַתְּחוּ וישדדווכ׳ when an ox and a cow are harnessed together, they will break and harrow all valleys. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֵּחַ, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֵּחַ 1) to be opened, v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 31 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ בדם they (their cavities) were opened with (discharged) blood; a. e. 2) to be cut into, graven. Tosef.Sot.XV, 1; Y. ib. IX, 24b וכיון … היו מִתְפַּתְּחוֹת לפניווכ׳ and when they let it (the Shamir, v. שָׁמִיר) look at the stones, they were engraven before it like the (wax-covered) tablets Y.Kil.VII, beg.30d מתפתחת R. S. to Kil. VIII, 1, v. פִּתְפֵּת.

פָּתַתI (b. h.) to break, crumble. Men.III, 2 … לא פ׳ … או שפְּתָתָןוכ׳ if he omitted to break the meal offering to pieces, … or he broke them (the large pieces) into many small pieces, v. פַּת. Ib. VI, 4 (75b) וכולן פּוֹתְתָן Bab. ed., v. פָּתִית. Num. R. s. 7 ואוכלין פכסמין ופוֹתְתִין בתוךוכ׳ (not ופותין) and we ate biscuits and broke them into the soup; a. fr.

פָּתַתI (b. h.) to break, crumble. Men.III, 2 … לא פ׳ … או שפְּתָתָןוכ׳ if he omitted to break the meal offering to pieces, … or he broke them (the large pieces) into many small pieces, v. פַּת. Ib. VI, 4 (75b) וכולן פּוֹתְתָן Bab. ed., v. פָּתִית. Num. R. s. 7 ואוכלין פכסמין ופוֹתְתִין בתוךוכ׳ (not ופותין) and we ate biscuits and broke them into the soup; a. fr.