Jastrow: פְּגִיעָה

פְּגִיעָה f. (פָּגַע) 1) meeting, contact, striking against. Y. B. Mets. II, end, 8ᵈ (ref. to Ex. XXIII, 4) יכול פ׳ ממש you might think, it means literally ‘striking against’ (and not merely seeing); Bab. B. Mets. 33ᵃ. Ib. ואיזו היא ראייה שיש בה פ׳ and what is a ‘seeing’ which may be called ‘meeting’?; Yalk. Ex. 352. B. Kam. VIII, 4 העבד … פְּגִיעָתָן רעה וכ׳ coming in (hostile) contact with a slave or a woman is bad, for he who injures them is made responsible, whereas if they injure you, they cannot be made responsible (having no property of their own). —2) entreaty, prayer. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ top (ref. to ויפגע, Gen. XXVIII, 11) אין פ׳ אלא תפלה the expression pagʿa means prayer (with ref. to Jer. XXVII, 18; VII, 16); Gen. R. s. 68; Sot. 14ᵃ; a. fr.