Jastrow: פַּטְרִיקוֹן

פַּטְרִיקוֹן m. (πάτρικος, patricus, -a, -um) something hereditary, heirloom, patrimony. Y’lamd. to Num. XXI, 1, quot. in Ar. יודעין אנו שיש להן מאבותיהן פטריקא וכ׳ we know that they (Israel) have a legacy from their ancestors who said to them, ‘the voice is Jacob’s voice’ (i.e. prayer); I, too, rely on my patrimony, as it is said (Gen. XXVII, 40), ‘by thy sword thou shalt live’; Yalk. Num. 764. Gen. R. s. 49 אילו מפ׳ שלו וכ׳ if I asked (permission to cut some trees down) on his patrimony, he would not refuse me. Gen. R. s. 98 (ref. to Gen. XLIX, 8, a. II Sam. XXII, 41) שהיה פ׳ שלו וכ׳ (not שהיו פטיריקין) it was his (Judah’s) hereditary privilege (paternal blessing, to lay hands on the enemy’s neck); Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 41 פזמריקון; Yalk. Gen. 162 פזמיקון; Yalk. Sam. 163 פיזמיקון (corr. acc.).—Pl. פַּטְרִיקִין. Yalk. Num. 766 שתי פ׳ של ברכות וכ׳ they have two paternal blessings from Aram.