Jastrow: פַּלְמַנְטָר

פַּלְמַנְטָר m. (frumentarius) military purveyor, commissary, imperial agent (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Frumentarius). Y’lamd. to Deut. III, 23 sq., quot. in Ar. משה היה פַּלְמַנְטָרוֹ וכ׳ Moses was the Lord’s special agent (v. Num. XII, 7). Yalk. Lam. 1001 פלמנסר של מלך (corr. acc.)—Pl. פַּלְמַנְטָרִין. Y. Ber. I, 3ᵇ bot. למלך ששלח שני פ׳ וכ׳ Ar. a. ed. Lehm. (ed. פלמטרין, corr. acc.) like a king who sent out two frumentarii (negotiators); with regard to one he wrote, give him no credit unless he shows my signature and seal &c.; Cant. R. to I, 2; Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᶜ bot. סימנטירין (corr. acc.). Tanḥ. B’midb. 26 [read:] אף אני מקרבן ועושם פ׳ שלי וכ׳ I, too, shall bring them near, and make them my special agents, and entrust my house and my sanctity to none but them; Yalk. Num. 695 פלטנטירין (corr. acc.); v. פַּלְטֵרִין.—[Y. Taan. II, 65ᵈ; Y. Bets. I, 60ᶜ bot. פלמנטרין, v. פְּלוּמַטְרִין.]