פְּלַג I, פְּלֵיג ch. same 1) to divide, share. Targ. Ex. XXI, 35 (O. ed. Vien. יְפַלְּג׳ Pa.). Targ. Prov. XXIX, 24. Ib. 23 (h. text יתמך); a. fr.—Part. pass. פְּלִיג; f. פְּלִיגָא; pl. פְּלִיגִין, פְּלִיגֵי; פְּלִיגָן a) divided (at heart), undecided. Targ. Hos. XI, 7. Targ. I Kings XVIII, 37. Ib. 21; a. e.—[Targ. Ps. XLIV, 19, v. infra.]—b) (with על) differing in opinion. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIX, 1.—B. Mets. 5ᵃ, a. fr. תנא הוא ופ׳ he is a Tannai, and (as such) he differs (from the Mishnah). Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵃ top, a. fr. מתניתא פ׳ על וכ׳ the Boraitha differs from Rab. Ḥull. 92ᵇ הא מִפְלֵיג פליגי ביה are there not differing opinions about it? Ber. 23ᵇ ופליגא דר׳ חייא and R. Ḥia’s opinion differs (from what has just been said). Ib. 33ᵇ מכלל דפליגי this implies that scholars differ about it; ולא פ׳ and do they not differ?; a. v. fr.—c) distinguished, rare, v. infra.
Pa. - פַּלֵּג 1) to divide; to distribute, assign a share. Targ. O. Ex. XXI, 35, v. supra. Targ. O. Gen. XV, 10. Targ. Ps. XLIV, 19 (not פְּלִיג), v. זְהַהּ. Targ. Job XXXIX, 17. Targ. Ps. LXVIII, 14. Ib. 13 Ms. (ed. מַפְלְגָא Af.). Targ. I Chr. XXVI, 5; a. fr.—B. Bath. 119ᵇ דפ׳ ליה רביה יקרא when his teacher did him honor. Y. Shek. II, end, 47ᵃ מה את פַּלֵּיג ליה וכ׳ why wilt thou do him (the idol) honor?; Y. Ber. II, 4ᵇ איתפליג (corr. acc.). Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ bot. כד מְפַלֵּג when he divides (the flax stalks). Lev. R. s. 3, beg. ומְפַלְּגָא לבישיא, v. גּוּף I ch.; Koh. R. to IV, 6; a. e.—[Y. Kidd. IV, 65ᶜ top פלגין, v. פְּלַג II.] —2) to divert the mind. Targ. Y. Deut. IV, 19. Ib. XXII, 1. —3) to speak differently from what one thinks, flatter. Targ. Prov. XXVIII, 23 Ms. (ed. Af.).