פִּיקָס, פֶּיקָס (cmp. פִּיקָה I; φῦκος, fucus, of Semitic origin) [coil,] 1) sea-weed or rock-lichen used as a dye; red color, rouge. Sifra M’tsorʿa, Neg., Par. 1 (ref. to שני, Lev. XIV, 4) יכול פ׳ ת"ל תולעת from שני you might infer that you may use the dye from fucus, therefore tolaʿath is added (to indicate that it must be won from a worm, the snail); Yalk. Lev. 559 פִּיקִים. —2) the dried up blossoms of gourds. B. Mets. 88ᵇ (expl. משיפקסו, Maasr. I, 5) משינטל פ׳ שלהן (Rashi to Bets. 13ᵇ פֶּקֶס) as soon as their blossoms are removed. —3) lump. Bekh. 45ᵃ Var. Ar., v. פִּיקָה I.
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פִּיקָס , פֶּיקָס (cmp. פִּיקָה I ; φῦκος, fucus, of Semitic origin) [ coil ,] 1) sea-weed or rock-lichen used as a dye; red color, rouge . Sifra…
References
- Jastrow, פִּיקָא 1
- Jastrow, שני 1
- Leviticus 14:4
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 559
- Jastrow, פִּיקִים 1
- Bava Metzia 88b:3
- Mishnah Maasrot 1:5
- Beitzah 13b
- Jastrow, פָּקַס I 1
- Bekhorot 45a