פְּסַל ch. same 1) to cut, hew, dig. Targ. Ex. XXXIV, 1. Targ. Deut. VI, 11; a. fr.—Part. pass. פְּסִיל; f. פְּסִילָא; pl. פְּסִילִין; פְּסִילָן, פְּסִל׳. Ib.; a. e. —2) to make or declare unfit; to reject. Snh. 23ᵃ בתר דפַסְלֵי להו וכ׳ after they (the parties) rejected them, shall they (the rejected judges) go and select another court? Ib. רחמנא פַסְלֵיה it is the Law that declared him unfit. Ib. כל כמיניה דפָסֵיל דייני is it in his power to reject judges?; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXII, 10. Targ. Y. I Lev. VII, 18 (Y. II פָּסוּל h. form; h. text פגול); a. e.—[Targ. Ps. XVIII, 27, v. פְּסִילָא.]—Keth. 61ᵇ מאן דעביד הכי פ׳ למאכל וכ׳ he who does a thing like this is unfit to prepare food for the king. Ib. 105ᵇ האי דיינא … פ׳ למידן דינא (some ed. פסול) a judge that is in the habit of borrowing (things from his neighbors) is unfit to judge cases. Ib. פְּסִילְנָא לך לדינא I am unfit to be a judge in thy case (because I have been offered a gift); a. fr.—V. פְּסוֹל.
Ithpe. - אִתְפְּסַל, אִתְפְּסֵיל, , אִיפְּסִיל 1) to be engraven. Targ. Job XIX, 24. —2) to be hewn out. Targ. Is. LI, 1. —3) to be disqualified, unfit, rejected. Targ. Ps. LXVIII, 16. [Targ. Y. Num. VIII, 24 מוּפְסָלִין h. Hof.]—Y. Kil. VII, 31ᵃ top [read:] א"ל טבא היא ואִיפְסְלַת he said to him, it is a good coin, whereas it had been cancelled. Men. 102ᵇ לאִיפְּסוּלֵי דגופיה (Ms. M. לפסולא) to become unfit for itself (but not for making unclean); Pes. 20ᵃ לאיפסולי גופיה; a. fr.
Af. - אַפְסֵל to make unfit. Ḥull. 36ᵃ לאַפְסוּלֵי גופיה to cause the object itself to be forbidden (ib. 37ᵃ לפסולא דגופיה), v. supra.