פָּחַז (b. h.) [to be blown up,] to swell, rise; to be haughty, elated, heedless. Ned. 9ᵇ פ׳ עלי יצרי my evil inclination rose within me (in pride of my beauty); Sifré Num. 22 פ׳ לבי עלי. Tanḥ. Vayḥi 9; Gen. R. s. 98; s. 99 (ref. to פּ֗ח̇ו̇, Gen. XLIX, 4) פָּ֗חַזְתָּ ח̇טאת ז̇נית thou wast overweening, didst sin, didst fornicate.
פָּחַז
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פָּחַז (b. h.) [ to be blown up ,] to swell, rise; to be haughty, elated, heedless . Ned. 9ᵇ פ׳ עלי יצרי my evil inclination rose within me (in pride…
References
- Nedarim 9b:6
- Sifrei Bamidbar 22:1
- Bereishit Rabbah 98:4
- Genesis 49:4