פֶּתִי m. (b. h.; פָּתָה) one easily persuaded, credulous; inexperienced, simple; fool. Midr. Prov. to I, 4 אמר שלמה פ׳ הייתי וכ׳ Solomon says, I was simple, and the Lord has &c. Ex. R. s. 3 beg. (ref. to Prov. XIV, 15) מהו פ׳ נער שכן וכ׳ pethi means (here) a lad, for in Arabia they call a lad pathia (v. next w.); אין פ׳ אלא לשון פִּתּוּי pethi has the meaning of being enticed (with ref. to Ex. XXII, 15). Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VII, 8 מכתש של פ׳ (ed. Zuck. פתין, read: פְּתָיִין pl.) the fool’s mortar (v. Prov. XXVII, 22,) an implement of torture (v. הֲמוֹר).—Pl. פְּתָאִים, פְּתָאִין, פְּתָיִין, v. supra.
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פֶּתִי m. (b. h.; פָּתָה ) one easily persuaded, credulous; inexperienced, simple; fool . Midr. Prov. to I, 4 אמר שלמה פ׳ הייתי וכ׳ Solomon says, I…
References
- Jastrow, פָּתָה 1
- Midrash Mishlei 1:4
- Shemot Rabbah 3:1
- Proverbs 14:15
- Jastrow, פַּתְיָא I 1
- Exodus 22:15
- Tosefta Keilim Metsia 7:8
- Jastrow, פָּתִין 1
- Jastrow, פְּרָיִין 1
- Proverbs 27:22