פִּלֶּגֶשׁ, פִּילֶגֶשׁ f. (b. h.; פלג , v. Delitzsch Genesis4 360) concubine. Y. Keth. V, 29ᵈ top אשה יש לה כתובה פ׳ אין וכ׳ the wife has a marriage contract securing a settlement for her (כְּתוּבָּה), the concubine has none; (oth. opin.) אשה יש לה כתובה ותנאי כתובה פ׳ וכ׳ the wife has a marriage contract containing besides the settlement all conditions of a marriage contract (alimentation &c.), the concubine has the contract but without the conditions; a. fr.—פ׳ בגבעה, v. גִּבְעָה.—Pl. פִּלַּגְשִׁים, פִּילַ׳. Snh. 21ᵃ. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Cant. VI, 8) שמונים … ונקראו פ׳ שהפ׳ חשודות there are eighty families (of nations) that know their mothers but not their fathers, and they are called ‘concubines’, for the concubines are suspected (of faithlessness).
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פִּלֶּגֶשׁ , פִּילֶגֶשׁ f. (b. h.; פלג , v. Delitzsch Genesis 4 360) concubine . Y. Keth. V, 29ᵈ top אשה יש לה כתובה פ׳ אין וכ׳ the wife has a…
References
- Jastrow, פְּלַג I 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot 5:2:3
- Jastrow, כְּתוּבָּה 1
- Jastrow, גִּבְעָה 1
- Jastrow, פִּלַּקְתָּא 1
- Sanhedrin 21a:17
- Bamidbar Rabbah 9
- Song of Songs 6:8