A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/פשפישון - פשר
Lev. XIX, 20 (h. text בקרת). -- 2) thot which has been, or is to be searched out, depth, recess. Targ..Job VIII, 8 (h. text חקר). 1b. XXXVIII, 16; a. e. - Pl. פשפושין, י׳. Targ. Ps. X0V, 4.
פשפישין, v. פשפש. פשפש, פי Ito split, enter into, cmp. בדק) to eramine, investigate. Sifre Deut. 306 (ref. to Deut. XXXII, 2) מה וכ׳ בהם ומפשפשין . .. שעירים as the rains come down upon the plants and cleanse and permeate them &c.; הוי כן וכ׳ מפשפש so do thou enter into the words of the Law &c.; Yalk. ib. 942. Ber. 5a במעשיו יפשפש . . . אדם רואה אם if man sees that troubles are coming upon him, let him in-- vestigate his conduct; וכ׳ מצא ולא פ׳ אם if he has in- vestigated and can find nothing (wrong) &c. Erub. 13b, v. משמש. Y. Keth. I, 25a bot. וכ׳ ומצא בשפי אם if it be a case when he searched and found (tokens of virginity) &c. Ex. R. s. 25 שטרותיו מפשפש ודם בשר a human being examines his papers. Tanh. Rtuck. 6 ופשפשתי ושאלתי חקרתי Iearched and inquired and investigated. Tosef. Shek. II, 1מפשפשין וכ׳ בו they searched him on entering (the treasury) and on leaving. Tosef. Yeb. XIV, 8 העיר באותה מפשפשין in- vestigation is held in that town. Tosef. Neg. VI, 7 צא וכ׳ בעצמך ופשפש go and examine thyself (thy conduct) and do repentance; a. e. פשפש h.same. Targ Y. Gen. XXXI, 34 (h. textמשש). Ib. 35 (h. text חפש). Targ. Ps. CXXXIX, 1 (h. text חקר); a. fr. -Lev. R. s. 22 ופשפשוניה אזלין they went and searched him; Gen. R. s. 10. Ib. s. 49 דינא פשפש זיל go and in- vestigate the case. Lam. R. to I, 2 (ref. to Ps. LXXVII, 7) בעובדי ומפשפש . . . אנא משתעי I speak to my heart and investigate my doings; a. fr.
פשפש II (cmp. preced. a. פשר) [to divide, spread,] to dissolve. Yalk. Lam. 1000 ונופלין מפשסשין היו they melted and fell apart. פשפש II (transpos. of שפשף) to rub against, let glide down. Sabb. 154b וכ׳ ליה דקמפשפש Ms. M. (ed. דקא משפשף) he let his son glide down the back of an ass (to amuse him). שששפשe, ר׳e Ic. (פשפש D ouick. mido. , 7 שהיה זה וכ׳ לו היה קטן פ׳ לעזרה פתוח the gate which opened in- to the court had a small wicket by which they entered to patrol &c. Tam. I, 3. Ex. R. s. 42 וכ׳ מתחת פ׳ . . פתח the Lord opened unto him a wicket under his throne of glory. Num. R. s. 13; Pesik. R. s. 5 וכ׳ ושילח בפ׳ נכנס he entered the palace through a wicket, and sent his crier forth saying, the king hhas entered the palace. Gitt. 54b (in Chald. dict.) בפ׳ דחזיניה ודילמא perhaps one saw him (the high priest) through the wicket; a. e. - Pl. פשפשין, פי׳. Shek. VI, 3. Zeb. 56a; 55b וכ׳ היו פ׳ שני (Ms. R. 2 פשופשין, Ms. K. גשיפשין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80) two wickets, eight handbreadths high, were in the Temple chamber for the knives;Tosef. ib. VII,i1פסיפסי ed. Zuck. (Vaar פסיפיסי, ccorr. acc.). Zeb. l. c. שאני פישפישין it was different as regards the height of wickets. Gen. R. s. 1; Yalk. ib. 2 הוא היאך פ׳ . חדרים עושה how to arrange the chambers, how to arrange the wickets (doors between the rooms).
פשפש II m. (פשפש I, cmp. בקא) [searcher,] bed-bug. Ter. VIII, 2. Nidd. 58b. Y. Ber. IX, 13c bot., v. עלוקה.
פשפש III m. (פשפש II) melting, dissolving. Yalk. Lam. 1000 (ref. to למס, Lam. I, 1) לשון אלא מס לשון אין וכ׳ פ׳ mas means melting, as we read (Ex. XVI, 21) &c.
*פשפש m., pl. פשפשין, v. פסיפס.
פשר [to divide, to spread,] 1) to melt, dissolve. Mekh. B'shall., Vayass a, s. 4 (expl. ונמס, Ex. XVI, 21 , cmp. פשפש III) וכ׳ והולך פושר היה . . . כיון when the sun shone upon it (the manna), it melted and formed rivulets which ran &c. - 2) to be stale, tepid. Tanh. Vayesheb 4 פשור כוס (prob. to be read פושר) a cup of wine mixed with stale water. Sifra M'tsor a, ch. I פושרים מים stale water (from pools), opp. חיים מים. Par. VIII, 6 (מים) והמושרים המליחים salty water and pool waterr. - In geu. פושרים, פפושרין (sub. מים) tepid liguids. Y. Sabb. XX, 17c bot., opp. צונין. Gen. R. s. 86 when his master said to him פ׳ והיו פ׳ מזוג mix the wine with tepid water, it was tepid, opp. רותחין. Ber. 16b; Y. b. II, 5b bot.; v. כיה. Y. Nidd. II, beg. 50a; a. fr. - [Y. Keth. X, end, 34a, v. Pi. -- Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי, v. Nithpa.. Hif. הפשיר 1) to make tepid; to temper, cool. Sabb. 40b שעליו מים שמפשיר מפני because (by standing against the fire after a cold bath) he tempers (warms) the water on his body. Ib. III, 5 (41a, sq.) להפשירן כדי enough to temper the cold water, opp. שיחמו בשביל to get hot. Y. ib. III, 6b top שולטת שהיד במקום להפשיר מותר you may temper (cold water, on the Sabbath) by contact with a temperature which the hand can endure. Lev. R. s. 26 (ref. to Ez. X, 7) וכ׳ ונתנן הפשירן he lowered the temperature of the coals and handed them to him; Yalk. Kings 220; Tanh. Emor 3; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIV (Yoma 77a נצטננו). Pesik. R. s. 12 (ref. to קרך, Deut. XXV, 18) הפשירך קירך אשר וכ׳ who cooled thee', he (Amalek) made thee lukewarmm, he made thee cold like water (so that others were en- couraged to attack thee); a. fr. - 2) (v. פשרה) to comt- promise. Y. Sot. V, 20c bot. וכרות עמו וה׳ . . . עשה אברהם וכ׳ עמו Abraham changed the evil inclination within him into good . , he compromised with it, (as we read, Neh. IX, 8,) and he made a covenant with it (his heart); Y. Ber. IX, 14b bot. אלא והפססיד (corr. acc.). -- Tosef. Erub. XI (VIII), 11, v. infra.. Nif. נפשר to be dissolved; to be tempered. B. Kam. 28b נפשרה אפי׳ even if the vessel fell apart (and its contents made the ground slippery). Sabb. 40b שיבשל בשביל לא שיפשר . . . not that it (the oil) be heated to boiling, but only that it be tempered (or be made more liquid). Pi. פישר 1) to separate, tear loose, disengage. Tanh. Ki Thissa 1 וכ׳ אותה מפשר את thou disengagest it (the thorn sticking to thy garments)here, and it sticks there;Pesik. R. s. 10 beg. וכ׳ אותה מפשר והוא (not אותם). Y. Sabb. VII, 10a bot. וכ׳ מפשרן he may pick them (the thorns) out, . . provided he does not tear the garment; Tosef. Erub. XI (VIII), 11 בידו מפשר Var. (ed. Zuck. מפשיר). Pesik. R. s.13