Jastrow: פֶּרֶד II

פֶּרֶד II m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) [runner, wild; v. Del. Proleg. p. 94] mule. Pes. 54ᵃ אף האור והפ׳ also fire and the mule (were created on the sixth day at twilight). Ib. הביא שתי … ויצא מהן פ׳ Adam took two (heterogeneous) animals … and from them came forth a mule. Tosef. Kil. V, 5 לא יקשור סוס לפ׳ ופ׳ וכ׳ one must not tie a horse to a mule or a mule to an ass; a. e.—Fem. פִּרְדָּה, פִּי׳ (also for the male). Y. Ber. VIII, 12ᵇ ויצא מהן פ׳, v. supra; Gen. R. s. 82 end ויצאת … פ׳. Ib. פ׳ לבנה a white mule. Tosef. Kil. V, 6 אסור לרכוב ע"ג פי׳ it is forbidden to ride on the back of a mule. Meg. 13ᵇ (play on מפרד, Esth. III, 8) כפְּרִידָה וכ׳ (the Jews are) like the mule that is unproductive. Gen. R. s. 41 (play on הפרד, Gen. XIII, 9) מה הפ׳ הזו אינה קולטת זרע וכ׳ as the mule does not breed the semen she receives, so it is impossible for this man (Lot) to mix with the seed of Abraham. Ib. אברהם פ׳ עקרה, v. עָקָר; a. e.—Pl. פִּרְדּוֹת, פִּירְ׳. Tosef. Kil. V, 5 כל הפ׳ כולן וכ׳ all mules (whether the sire be a horse or an ass) are considered one genus (may be harnessed together); Ḥull. 79ᵃ. Gen. R. s. 64; a. e.