fob XXI, 10 יפקטן ed. Lag. (Ar. יפקטי; ed. Wil. יפלט;
h. text יגעיל).
פקטנין, Tanb. T'rum. 9, v. פיקסינה.
פקי m. pl. (פוק; v. אפוקי) exit, end. Y. B. Bath. IX, 17a שמיטתא פ׳ the end of the Sabbatical year (the beginning of the new Sabbatical period).
פקיד m. (b. h.; פקד) appointed to examine, officer, commissioner. -- Pl. פקידים. Pesik. R. s. 42 [read;] הרבה וכ׳ שנתפקד יש יש פ׳ there are various kinds of com- missioners (of the Lord), some are appointed &c., v. פקד. Num. R. s. 14 פ׳ כנגד וכבשים and lambs were offered (Num. VII, 83) in behalf of the officers; a. e.
פקידה f. (preced.) 1) examination. Nidd. I, 1; Eduy. I, 1 לפ׳ מפ׳ (her uncleanness dates back) from the present examination to the last one. Ib. כפ׳ זו הרו this is as good as an examination; a. fr. - 2) divine visitation (for good or for evil), remembrance, decree; use of the verb פקד. Snh. 91b פ׳ משעת from the moment when it is decreed (what the embryonic germ should grow to be). Pesik. R. s. 42 לברכה פ׳ יש there is a visitation (use of פקד) for blessing; וכ׳ גאולה של פ׳ ישש there is a visitation for redemption &c.; Num. R. s. 4, beg. (interch. with פקודה). R. Hash. 11a פ׳ פ׳ אתיא there is an analogy between pakad (I Sam. II, 21) and pakad (Gen. XXI, 1). Ex. R. s. 5 הפ׳ סימן the password pakad (Ex. III, 16, ref. to Gen. L, 24); הפ׳ שמעו they heard the announcement of remembrance (Ex. IV, 31); הפ׳ על ויקדו they bowed iin gratitude for the annouhcement of remembrance; a. e..
*פקיסנא m., דפ׳ מאני vessels made of clay and ordure (Rashii). Ab. Zar. 33b (some ed. פקוסנא; Ms. M. פפוקסמין; R. Han., thinking of פיקסינון; of box-wood; v. Koh. Ar. Compl. . v.).
פקיע I m. (פקע) 1) strip; shreds of garments ravelled into threads for iwicks. Shek..V, 1הפ׳ על (ממונה) בבי בן Ben Bebai was appointed to superintend the preparation of wicks from the shreds of priestly garments; Y. Peah VIII, 21a (interch. with הפתילה). -- 2) a strip of leather, a strap used as a whiip. Yoma 23a בפ׳. . . לוקה he is smitt en by the overseer with a strap (expl. מדדא, מטרקא). Ib. (ref. to Shek. l. c.) נגדא פ׳ מאי אמינא I would now say, pki'a means strap (appointed to execute punishment). -- Eduy. III, 5 הפ׳ בית (Rabad הפקיעה) that end of the bow from which the thong is anapped. -- 3) [that which is to be stripped or ravelled,] bundle, bunch. B. Kam. 117a הושט זה פ׳ לי Ar. (ed. עמיר פ׳) hand me this bunch (of sheaves). Tosef. B. Mets. VIII, 4; a. e. - Pl. פקיעים, פקיעין. Sabb. XXIV, 2 וכ׳ עמיר פקיעי מתירין you may untie bundles of sheaves for the cattle &c. Ib. 155aכיפין הן הן פ׳ הן הן pm'kiin and kippin mean the same things. Ib. תרי פ׳ bunches are called p'kiin, when tied with two bands, v. יפה. Tosef. Succ. I, 4; a. e. -4) thatt which has been chipped of, piece. -- P. as ab., v. סקע.
פקיע II ch. m. (פקע) 1) spread, well-known. Yeb. 37b שמייהו דפ׳ their names are well-known (v. פקע Af. 2). -- 2)ss בקי, txpert. B. Bath. 164b וכ׳ רבי פ׳ ומי Ar. a. Ms. F. (Ms. M. בקי; ed. בקיע) is Rabbi an expert in &c.; a. e. -- Pl. פקיעי. Shebu. 42a Ms. F.; v. בקיע II.
פקיעה v. פקעת.
פקיעיות, v. פקעת.
פקיעיי, פ׳ כפר pr. n. pl., v. בקהין.
פקל to split, peel. Pi. פיקל same, esp. to strip onions. Maasr. I, 6 הבצלים וכ׳ מפקל איו ואם משיפקל (Y. ed.משיפקילוו; Ms. M. משיקפלו מקפל .. .) onions are subject to ithes when one begius to strip them (for storage), and if one does not want to strip &c., v. ערימה; Y. ib. 49a bot. משיפלו, expl. דו מן וכ׳ ירים, v. פורגרה. kts. II, 5 בבצלים לפפקל . . . התחיל when one has begun the stripping &c.; (Tosef. ib. II, 13 לקלף).
פקלוניא, v. פילוניקיא.
פקם to split, perforate (cmp. פצם), esp. to prick an animal's mouth with the bit; to govern. Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to Num. XXIII, 16) he put a thing in his mouthi' כאדם שירצה להיכן ופוקמה . . . שנותן as a man puts a bit in the mouth of a beast and makes it go in what direction he desires; פיו את פוקם הקביה כך so the Lord pricked his (Balaam's) mouth (making him go back to Balak);Tanh. Balak 13; Y'lamd. to Num. l. c., quot. in Ar. פוקם היה ופוקמה . . . (ed. Koh. ופוקקה, corr. acc.). Pi. פיקם same, to prick, perforate. Num. R. l. c. (ref.. to Num. l. c. 5) וכ׳ ופיקמו פיו שעיקם he (the Lord) curved his mouth (as with a bit) and pierced it as a man drives a nail into a board; Yalk. ib. 765 ועקמו פיו את עיקם (corr. acc.).
פקס I (cmp. preced.) to tear open, open forcibly. Sabb. 155b (expl. המראה) וכ׳ פיה את ופוקס מרביצה (Ms. M. ופוקק) he makes the animal lie down, and opens its mouth wide, and makes it swallow &c.; Tosef. ib. XVIII,2 צוארו את ופוקם.
פקס II (denom. of פיקס) 1) to paint the face with rotge (cmp. סbxob). Sabb. X, 6 הפוקסת וכן and the same is the case with her who rouges (on the Sabbath); Y. ib. X, end, 12d צובעה משום חייבת הפוקסת rouging comes under the category of dyeing. Bab. ib. 64b תכחול שלא תפקום ולא that she (the menstruant) must not paint (her eyes) nor rouge. M. Kat. 20b ולהיות . . . לכוף רשאי אאינו פוקסת dare not force his wife (mourning for a parent) to paint or rouge; a. fr. -- 2) to make smal curls pasted on the forehead. Sabb. 94b (ref. to Sabb. X, 6) משום פוקסת טווה curling comes under the category of spinning; ib. 95a בונה משום ופוקסת גודלת plaiting the hair and curling comes under the category of building. Pi. פיקס to renmmove the coils of blossoms on gourds. Maasr. I, 5 וכ׳ מפקס אינו ואם ממשיפקסו are subbject tto tithes when they are trimmed, and if one does not want to trim &c.; B. Mets. 88b, expl. שלהן פיקס משינטל, v. פיקס.
