(v. Yalk. ib. 13 1) although they (in the diaspora) have been
allowed to escape (from the persecutions in Palestine),
yet fast (and pray) for rhem &c. Ib. s. 38 פ׳ מהן נשתיירה
a remnant of them was left; a. e.
פליטון, v. פולייטון.
פליטורין, v. פלטרא.
פליטיאת, v. פלטיא ch.
פליטין, v. פולייטון.
פליטית pr. n. f. P'letith, name of a Sodomite woman who, according to a legend, was put to death for feeding a poor family (v. Gen. R. s. 49). Targ. Y. IGen. XVIII, 21; Pirke d'R. El. ch. XXV וכ׳ פלוטית P. daughter of Lot; Yalk. Gen. 83 פלטת.
פליטר, v. פלטר II.
פלייא, פלייאה .(~a~a~) old. Lev. R. s. 33 (notפיל׳; Ar. פליאה), v. בלי I; Yalk. Dan. 106 פליא. Cant. R. to III, 4 פילאי (corr. acc.), v. באמי.
פליית f. constr. (פלי) searcher; חיוא פ׳ hedgehog. Targ. Y. Lev. XI, 30 Ar. (Var. פיילת, fr. פול; ed. מינקת חויא), v. יילא. Y'lamd. to Num. XXII, 29, quot. in Ar. (Tanh. Balak 9 אנקה).
פליל m., pl. פלילים (b. h.; פלל) arbitration; arbiters, yudges. Mekh. Mishp., s. 8 דיינין אלא פ׳ אין p'lilinm (Ex. XXI, 22) means judges.
פלילה f. (b. h.; preced.) argument, plea; decision, ydgment. Snh. 111b (ref. to פליליה, Is. XXVIII, 7) פ אין דיינים אלא p'lilah means the verdict of judges; Yalk. Is. 302; Meg. 15b, v. next w. -- Pl. פלילות. Snh. 44a (ref. to ויפלל, Ps. CVI, 30) קונו עם פ׳ עשה he pleaded with his Maker; ib. 82b; Yalk. Ps. 865; a. e.
פליליה f. (b. h.) same. Meg. 15b משפט אלא פ׳ אין Ms. M. (ed. דיינין אלא פ׳ אין; some ed. פלילה, v. preced.) p'liliyyah means verdict.
פלימו pr. n. m. P'limo, name of a Tannai. Pes. 8b. Men. 37a. Sot. 4a, v. פנימון.
פליניא, Ned. 55b, v. פמלניא.
פלינקרא, פלינקריא, v. פילוניקיא.
פליסופוס, qire Deut. 307; Yalk. Deut. 942 פילוסופ׳, name of a Roman officer who condemned R. Hanania to be burnt with the book of the Law.
פליספוס, v. פלוסלוס.
פליפא, פליפה, פיליפי, פילפי pr. n. m. (Phi- lippus, Philippi) Plippa, Pilippi, Pilpi, name of an Amora. Y. Taan. IV, 68b top (ed. Krot. פליטה, corr. acc,). Y. Meg. IV, 75a bot. פילפי. -- Gen. R. s. 71 פליפי; Yalk. Kings 2os פפי.
פליריכוס, פלירכוס, Yalk. Deut. 813, a corrupt. v. קלידיקוס.
פלך m. (b. h.; פלך to cut out, round; cmp. פל) [circle,] 1) district. B. Bath. 21a ופ׳ פ׳ בכל . . . התקינו they ordained that teachers must be appointed, one for each district. Macc. 7a. Ib. 12b קולט פלכו לפלכו ... לפ׳ מפ׳ גולה . . . לוי בן a Levite (native of a place of refuge) who has killed a person accidentally fees from one district to another, but if he fees to his own native (juridical) district, his district protects him; Zeb. 117a; Yalk. Ex. 323; a. fr. -- Pl. פלכים, פלכין. Tosef. Bicc. II, 8 פ׳ פ׳ אלא יחידדם . . . לא they did not go up (to Jerusalem, with the frst-fruits) singly, but by districts. -- 2) [ball of tow, wool &cL.] distaf or spindle. Keth. IX, 4 (86b) עיסתה ועל פילכה על a hus- band may administer an oath to his wife on her distaff (on what she spins or weaves) and on her dough. oma. 66b (in answer to a woman's question) לאשה חכמה אין בפ׳ אלא there is no wisdom for woman except at the distaff. Gen. R. s. 56, end ומן . . מפלכה שנתעשרה לאשה וכ׳ הזה הפ׳ (Ar. הפלח . . . מפלחה) like a woman that became rich through her distaff (or spindle, spinning or weaving), and she says, since l have become rich through this distafff (spindle), it shall not part from &c.; a. fr. -- Trnsf. vocation, duty. Gen. R. s. 71, v. הודאה; ib. תפסה רחל שתיקה פ׳ Rachel made silence her duty (not to betray her sister when she was substituted for her); Midr. Sam. ch. XXVIII; a. e. -בפ׳־ מחזיק holding the distaff, being like a woman, forced to stay home, lame. Tanbh. Mae 12 (expl. בפ׳ מחזיק, II Sam. III, 29, among the curses that fell back on the house of David) שאחזתו כאשה שנעשה פודגרה he (Asa) became like a woman, for podagra seized him; Snh. 48b; Y. Kidd. I, 61a bot. יואש זה בפ׳ ומחזיק 'and holding a distafff', that means Joash (who was abused like a woman); a. e.
פלך, פלכא, פי׳ ch. same, 1)district. Targ. Deut. III. 4 constr. פלך (O. ed. Berl. פלך, ed. Vien. פלך). Targ. Esth. I, 22; a. fr. -- Pl. פלכין, פלכיא, פי׳. Ib. מלכא סילכי ed. Lag. (ed. Vien. פלחי, corr. acc.). Targ. Josh. XVII, 11 (ed. Wil. פל׳). Targ. Koh. I, 12. Targ. Cant.III, 11;a. fr. - 2) distaf, spindle. Keth. 72b וכ׳ וטווה פילכה שדיא קא casting the spindle and spinning &c. (v. ורד); וכ׳ לפילכה פסיקתיה she broke (the thread of) her spindle and threw it away (as if it had accidentally slipped); לי.פילכאי הב עולם אאמרה Ar. (ed. פלך) she said, young man, hand me my spindle; Snh. 95a; Yalk. Sam. 155; a. e. - Meg. 14b (prov.) אאתתא פילכא שותא בהדי (sub. שדיא) a woman handles the shuttle while she talks, i. e. pursues two aims at a time; [Ar. s. v. שותא; פלכה spiins.]
פלך (denom. of preced.) to spin, v. preced.
פלכא, v. פלך ch.
פלכין, Tanh. Vaera 14 בפ׳, v. פילקין.
פלל (b. h.) to separate, divide. Pi. שיללל to arbitrate, intercede; trnsf. to pray. Sabb. 55b (ref. to פהז, Gen. XLIX, 4) וכ׳ זרחה חלתה פיללתה thou didst plead, thon didst pray, thy prayer rose &c.
