Jastrow: פְּלַג II

פְּלַג II, פַּלְגָּא ch. same 1) part, half. Targ. O. Gen. XV, 10 (ed. Berl. פַּלַג; ed. Vien. פִּלּוּג). Targ. Ex. XXV, 10 (Y. also פּוּלְגָּא); a. fr.—[Targ. I Chr. XVI, 3, v. פְּלוּג.]—B. Bath. 62ᵇ פ׳ דאית לי בארעא פ׳ if the deed reads, ‘the half share which is mine in that field’, he has sold half the field (his entire share); פ׳ בארעא דאית לי ריבעא but if it reads, ‘half of that field which is mine’, he has sold him one fourth of the field (or half his share). Ib. מצר ארעא דמינה פ׳ פ׳ (Ms. M. פְּלִיגָא) if he writes, ‘these are the borders of the field of which I sell a portion’, it means half, contrad. to פְּסִיקָא; ib. 63ᵃ. Sabb. 89ᵇ דל תרתי סרי ופ׳ וכ׳ deduct (from the years of life) twelve years and a half for prayer, eating &c. Ib. פ׳ עלי ופ׳ עלך let me bear the failings of half the remaining years, and bear thou the other half. Pes. 79ᵇ פ׳ ופ׳ equal numbers on both sides. Y. Kidd. IV, 65ᶜ top דבהתין פַּלְגּוֹן מן פלגון (not מן פלג) one half of them is afraid of the other half of them; Num. R. s. 8 פלגין מן פלגין (corr. acc.); a. v. fr.—Pl. פַּלְגַּיָּא, פַּלְגֵּי. Targ. O. Gen. XV, 10. Ib. 17 (h. text הגזרים). Ib. 11 ed. Berl. (v. פִּגְרָא); a. e.—Yoma 83ᵇ, v. פְּלוּג. —2) רוח פלגא the demon Palga, a disease (paralysis?). Pes. 111ᵃ