פַּרְוַונְקָא, פַּרְוַנְקָא m. (Pers. parwânaḳ) letter-carrier, forerunner, messenger. Succ. 48ᵇ יומא חד שבקוך ושויוך פ׳ (Ms. M. שבקתך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) one day they will send thee off (from heaven) and make thee a runner (to show the way). Snh. 38ᵇ אפי׳ בפ׳ נמי לא קבילניה even as a guide we refused to accept him. Ab. Zar. 28ᵃ, v. עֵנַבְתָּא. Snh. 82ᵃ, a. fr. (a proverbial expression) קריינא דאגרתא איהו ליהוי פ׳ let him who dictates the letter be the carrier, i.e. let him who gives the advice be its executor.
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פַּרְוַונְקָא , פַּרְוַנְקָא m. (Pers. parwânaḳ) letter-carrier, forerunner, messenger . Succ. 48ᵇ יומא חד שבקוך ושויוך פ׳ (Ms. M. שבקתך , v. Rabb.…
References
- Sukkah 48b:5
- Sanhedrin 38b:20
- Avodah Zarah 28a:14
- Jastrow, עֵנַבְתָּא 1
- Sanhedrin 82a:13