Jastrow: פֶּרַח

פֶּרַח m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) blossom, flower, an ornament in the shape of a flower. Gen. R. s. 91, end, v. כַּפְתּוֹר. Kel. XI, 7 הפ׳ והבסיס the calyx of a candlestick and the shaft. Esth. R. to I, 6 אני ישנתי על פִּרְחוֹ של וכ׳ I slept on the flower (capital) of one of those columns, and there was room for a body at full length, with outstretched hands and feet. Men. 28ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. פְּרָחִים. Ib. פְּרָחֶיהָ … כמין פִּרְחֵי וכ׳ what did the flowers of the candlestick look like? Like the blossoms on the capitals of columns; a. e. —2) פ׳ לבן White Blossom, name of an aromatic shrub. Deut. R. s. 6, beg. פ׳ לבן הוא שכרו וכ׳ this is a White Blossom, the wages for working at it are half a goldpiece. Y. Shebi. VII, beg. 37ᵇ; Tosef. ib. V, 7 פ׳ לבין ed. Zuck. (Var. פרחבלין, פרחבינ׳, פרחביל׳, corr. acc.). —3) youth. — Pl. as ab. Midd. I, 8, a. fr. פִּרְחֵי כהונה, v. כְּהוּנָּה. —4) young chicken. —Pl. as ab. Keth. 59ᵇ Ar. (ed. אפרוחים). Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᵈ top (expl. סכות בנות, II Kings XVII, 30) תרנגולתא ופְרָחֶיהָ a hen with her chickens.