פְּנַאי, פְּנַיי m. (פָּנָה) 1) emptiness, vacancy. Num. R. s. 14 (play on אל תבהל מפניו, Koh. VIII, 3) לא נתבהל מפ׳ הבית he (Joseph) was not bewildered by the emptiness of the house (his being alone with Potiphar’s wife). —2) vacation, leisure, time, opportunity. Ab. Zar. V, 6 לפי שאין פ׳ לנסך because the invaders do not take time to offer a libation (so as to make the wine forbidden, v. נָסַךְ). Ib. 71ᵃ לנסך אין פ׳ לבעול יש פ׳ for libation they do not take time, but for outrage they do. Y. ib. V, 45ᵃ top אין פ׳ להטיל אירס the snake (being pursued) finds no opportunity to shed venom; a. fr.
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פְּנַאי , פְּנַיי m. ( פָּנָה ) 1) emptiness, vacancy . Num. R. s. 14 (play on אל תבהל מפניו , Koh. VIII, 3 ) לא נתבהל מפ׳ הבית he (Joseph) was not…
References
- Jastrow, פָּנָה 1
- Bamidbar Rabbah 14:7
- Ecclesiastes 8:3
- Mishnah Avodah Zarah 5:6
- Jastrow, נָסַךְ 1
- Avodah Zarah 71a:1