Jastrow: פְּלוּגְתָּא

פְּלוּגְתָּא, פְּלֻגְ׳ ch. same 1) = הַפְלָגָה separation (of races). (of races). Targ. Y. Gen. X, 11. —2) (priestly) division.—Pl. פְּלוּגְוָותָא, פְּלוּגְוָתָא. Targ. II Chr. XXIII, 8. Ib. VIII, 14. Ib. XXXV, 4, sq.; a. e. —3) contest, dissension. Targ. Ps. XVIII, 44 פ׳ דעממיא Ms. (ed. פְּלוּגַת ע׳ constr.; ed. Wil. פְּלֻגַת; h. text ריבי); Targ. II Sam. XXII, 44 (ed. Wil. פַּלְגוּת). Targ. Is. XXII, 9. Targ. Deut. XVII, 8; a. e.—Tanḥ. Kor. 10 מה ליך בהדי פ׳ (not בהדין) what hast thou to do with that contest (between Moses and Korah)?; Num. R. s. 18 (ed. Wil. בהדי פְּלוּגְתֵּיה with his (Korah’s) quarrel).—Esp. difference of opinion, scholarly contest. Yoma 4ᵇ … במאי קא מיפלגי בפ׳ דהני תנאי וכ׳ what is the basis of the difference …? The principle on which those Tannaim differ &c. Sabb. 15ᵃ היכא דליכא פ׳ דרבוותא בהדייהו on a subject on which no conflicting opinions of great teachers besides them (Hillel and Shammai) are on record; a. v. fr.—Pl. as ab. Y. Pes. III, 30ᵃ bot. אתיין אילין פ׳ כאילין פ׳ וכ׳ (not פלוגתא) the differences in this case are based on the same principles as the differences in the following case &c.; Y. Taan. IV, 67ᵈ top; Y. Ned. V, 39ᵇ top; a. e.—V. תַּפְלוּגְתָּא.