פֶּגֶר m. (b. h.; v. פְּגַר II) lax, decaying, corpse.—Pl. פְּגָרִים. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Gen. XV, 11) לכשיעשו בניך פ׳ בלא וכ׳ when thy children are lax bodies, without sinews and bones (bare of good deeds and character), thy merit shall stand by them. Y. Sot. V, 20ᶜ top ראו פִיגְרֵי … וכולם פ׳ מתים וכ׳ they saw the bodies of sinful men …, and all of them were dead bodies cast out at the shore; a. e.
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פֶּגֶר m. (b. h.; v. פְּגַר II ) lax, decaying, corpse. —Pl. פְּגָרִים . Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Gen. XV, 11 ) לכשיעשו בניך פ׳ בלא וכ׳ when thy…
References
- Jastrow, פְּגַר II 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 44:16
- Genesis 15:11