Jastrow: פֶּקַע I

פֶּקַע I m. (preced.) split, crack; that which bounds off, splinter, piece. Gen. R. s. 94 לא נמצא … לא קשר ולא פ׳ there was not in the timber either a knot or a crack; Cant. R. to I, 12. Pes. 84ᵇ משום פ׳ because by exposure to the coal fire the bone might crack. Ib. 85ᵃ משום פ׳ by striking at the uncovered part of the bone a split may be created in the covered portion; a. e.—Pl. פְּקָעִים, פְּקָעִין. Sifré Num. 124 (ref. to Num. XIX, 5) להביא את הפ׳ R. S. to Par. III, 9 (ed. הפְּקִיעִים; Yalk. Num. 761 הפּוֹקְעִין, v. פָּקַע) this is to include the fragments that jumped off (that they must be brought back and burned).