Jastrow: פְּקַעַת

פְּקַעַת f. (פָּקַע) [that which is to be unravelled; cmp. בְּקַעַת] coil, clue of thread, of rope &c. Kel. X, 4 פ׳ של גמי a coil of rope made of reed grass. Gen. R. s. 12, beg. נטל פ׳ של גמי … ונכנס דרך הפ׳ וכ׳ he took a clue of rope and tied one end of it to the entrance, and he went in along the unwound rope, and came out along the rope; Koh. R. to II, 12 פְּקִיעַת גמי; Cant. R. to I, 1; a. e.—Pl. פְּקַעֲיוֹת. Kel. XVII, 2 שעורה בפ׳ של שתי is measured by the ordinary size of warp clues. Ḥag. 12ᵃ היה מרחיב והולך כשתי פ׳ וכ׳ was extending farther and farther (in two directions) like two unwound clues &c. Gen. R. s. 10, beg. נטל הקב"ה שתי פ׳ וכ׳ (some ed. פקיעיות, corr. acc.) the Lord took two coils, one of snow and one of fire, and worked them into each other. B. Kam. 119ᵇ שירי פ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שיורי פְּקִיעוֹת; Ms. R. 2 פְּקָעוֹת) remnants of coils (given to the weaver); a. e.