מִפְרֶקֶת f. (b. h.; preced.; cmp. אַפְקוֹתָא) [that which branches off,] neck, nape. Ḥull. 113ᵃ השובר מִפְרַקְתָּהּ וכ׳ he who breaks the neck of a slaughtered animal before it is dead. Zeb. 65ᵇ חותך שדרה ומ׳ he cuts (with his nail) the spinal column and the nape; Ḥull. 21ᵃ; 28ᵃ. Ib. 10ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) בעצם דמ׳ איפגים the knife may have been notched on striking the neck-bone; a. fr.
מִפְרֶקֶת
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מִפְרֶקֶת f. (b. h.; preced. ; cmp. אַפְקוֹתָא ) [ that which branches off ,] neck, nape . Ḥull. 113ᵃ השובר מִפְרַקְתָּהּ וכ׳ he who breaks the neck…
References
- Jastrow, מִפְרֵק 1
- Jastrow, אַפְקוֹתָא 1
- Chullin 113a:14
- Zevachim 65b:9
- Chullin 21a:7
- Chullin 28a
- Chullin 10b:2