פִּתְחָא, פִּי׳ ch. same Targ. Ez. XL, 38. Targ. I Chr. XVII, 25 פ׳ דפומא opening of the mouth, courage to speak; a. fr.—Snh. 110ᵃ (ref. to Num. XVI, 30) לקרובי פ׳ the creation consisted only in bringing the gate (of Gehenna) nearer.—Meg. 10ᵇ, sq., פתח לה פ׳ להאי וכ׳ took his opening text for this (Purim) lesson from here. Ex. R. s. 1 פתחין פ׳ להאי קרא took as text the following verse; a. fr.—Ned. 22ᵇ פתח פ׳ לנפשיה offered himself a reason for absolution from his vow.
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פִּתְחָא , פִּי׳ ch. same Targ. Ez. XL, 38 . Targ. I Chr. XVII, 25 פ׳ דפומא opening of the mouth, courage to speak; a. fr.— Snh. 110ᵃ (ref. to Num.…
References
- Jastrow, פֶּתַח 1
- Targum Jonathan on Ezekiel 40:38
- Targum of I Chronicles 17:25
- Sanhedrin 110a:16
- Numbers 16:30
- Megillah 10b:3
- Shemot Rabbah 1:8
- Nedarim 22b:10