Jastrow: פְּרַגְמַטְיָא

פְּרַגְמַטְיָא, פְּרַקְ׳ f. (πραγματεία) business; ware, goods. B. Mets. 42ᵃ שליש בקרקע שליש בפ׳ וכ׳ (invest) one third in land, one third in business, and (retain) one third in ready money. Cant. R. to III, 6 הוו עסקין בפ׳ והוון נסבין וכ׳ engaged in business and dealt in silk; Gen. R. s. 77. Cant. R. l. c. כל פ׳ שישראל עושין וכ׳ in whatever business Israelites are engaged and meet with success, they owe it to that dust which Jacob raised (when wrestling with the angel). Tanḥ. Mishp. 9 טול ממני … ותעשה פ׳ וכ׳ take from me a loan of one hundred thousand (zuz), and do business with it, and assign as security to me &c. Ib. 5 כל פ׳ שאתה רואה וכ׳ whatever goods you find to be low and lying in the ground (despised), engage in it, for it will rise in the end. Ib. הפסידה פ׳ שלך thy goods have gone down; a. fr.