Jastrow: פַּרְסָה II

פַּרְסָה II f. (b. h.; פָּרַס) split hoof; foot; toes (v. אִסְפֶּירֶס). Ḥull. 59ᵃ, v. פָּרַס I. Ib. 68ᵇ (ref. to בבהמה ‘in the animal, Lev. XI, 3) פ׳ הֶחֱזִיר וכ׳ if the embryo, having put forth its feet, withdrew one foot, you may eat it (when the mother is ritually slaughtered); if it withdraws ‘feet’, you may eat it; a. fr.—Mikv. V, 6 פַּרְסַת החמור וכ׳ the water gathered in the depression created by asses marching in the valley; (Tosef. ib. V, 1 פַּרְסוֹת רגלי בהמה).—Pl. פְּרָסוֹת. Ḥull. l. c. Ib. 59ᵃ פַּרְסוֹתֶיהָ חתוכות its hoofs were cut off. Sifré Deut. 2 אילו זכו … שעלו פַרְסוֹת רגליהם וכ׳ if the Israelites had been good, they would have entered Palestine as soon as their feet had come up from the sea; a. fr.—בית הפ׳ the legs. Ḥull. 55ᵇ; Y. Pes. VII, 35ᵃ bot.; (Ḥull. IX, 2 הפ׳ only).