Jastrow: פִּלְפּוּלָא

פִּלְפּוּלָא, פִּילְ׳ ch. same Ned. 38ᵃ פ׳ בעלמא only deductions by argument (were given to Moses exclusively, and he communicated them to the people). Y. Ter. IV, 42ᵈ מפִּילְפּוּל חבירייא שמעית הא I learned this from the students’ arguments. Erub. 67ᵃ רב ששת מרתע … מפִּילְפּוּלֵיה וכ׳ R. Sh. trembled all over his body, when R. H. argued. Keth. 103ᵇ אם … מהדרני ליה מפִּילְפּוּלִי if, God forefend, the Law should be forgotten in Israel, I could restore it by my argumentation; B. Mets. 85ᵇ; a. e.