Jastrow: פְּקִיעַ I

פְּקִיעַ I m. (פָּקַע) 1) strip; shreds of garments ravelled into threads for wicks. Shek. V, 1 בן בבי (ממונה) על הפ׳ Ben Bebai was appointed to superintend the preparation of wicks from the shreds of priestly garments; Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ (interch. with הפתילה). —2) a strip of leather, a strap used as a whip. Yoma 23ᵃ לוקה … בפ׳ he is smitt en by the overseer with a strap (expl. מַדְרָא, מְטַרְקָא). Ib. (ref. to Shek. l. c.) אמינא מאי פ׳ נגדא I would now say, p’ḳiʿa means strap (appointed to execute punishment).—Eduy. III, 5 בית הפ׳ (Rabad הפְּקִיעָה) that end of the bow from which the thong is snapped —3) [that which is to be stripped or ravelled,] bundle, bunch. B. Kam. 117ᵃ הרשט לי פ׳ זה Ar. (ed. פ׳ עמיר) hand me this bunch (of sheaves). Tosef. B. Mets. VIII, 4; a. e.—Pl. פְּקִיעִים, פְּקִיעִין. Sabb. XXIV, 2 מתירין פְּקִיעֵי עמיר וכ׳ you may untie bundles of sheaves for the cattle &c. Ib. 155ᵃ הן הן פ׳ הן הן כיפין p’ḳiin and kippin mean the same things. Ib. פ׳ תרי bunches are called p’ḳiin, when tied with two bands, v. כִּיפָּה. Tosef. Succ. I, 4; a. e. —4) that which has been chipped off, piece.—Pl. as ab., v. פֶּקַע