פִּיתוֹם II, פִּיתּוּם m. (פָּתָה, adapt. of πύθων) [seducer,] necromancer, conjurer, ventriloquist. Snh. VII, 7 בעל אוב זה פ׳ המדבר משחיו baʿal ob is the pithom that makes the dead speak from his armpit; Sifra E’dosh. Par. 3, ch. VII; ib. Par. 4, ch. XI; Tosef. Snh. X, 6 פ׳ המדבר בין פרקיו וכ׳ that talks between his joints and from between his armpits; a. e.
פִּיתוֹם II
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פִּיתוֹם II , פִּיתּוּם m. ( פָּתָה , adapt. of πύθων) [ seducer ,] necromancer, conjurer, ventriloquist . Snh. VII, 7 בעל אוב זה פ׳ המדבר משחיו…
References
- Jastrow, פָּתָה 1
- Mishnah Sanhedrin 7:7
- Tosefta Sanhedrin 10:6