Jastrow: פֶּצַע

פֶּצַע m. (b. h.; preced.) wound. Yalk. Gen. 38 (ref. to Gen. IV, 23) וכי איש אשר הרגתי וכי פצעתיו מזיד שיהא הפ׳ קרוי על שמי was it a man I killed? and did I wound him wilfully, that the wound should be called by my name?; Tanḥ. B’resh. 11; a. fr.—Num. R. s. 10, v. פָּצַע.—Pl. פְּצָעִים, constr. פִּצְעֵי. Ib. Gen. R. s. 22 (ref. to Gen. l. c.) דבר שהוא עושה פ׳ he struck him with something which makes open wounds (with a stone). Gen. R. s. 23 שיבואו עלי פ׳ בשבילו that wounds (sufferings) must come upon me on his account? Yeb. 63ᵇ (quot. fr. Ben Sira) רבים היו פצעי רוכל וכ׳ many have been the wounds of the peddlers that lead to indecencies (by selling exciting perfumes); a. fr.