פָּנַק (b. h.; cmp. פּוּק) [to go out,] to be a freeman; to live in luxury (cmp. חָטָא I).
Pi. - פִּנֵּק 1) to treat as a freeman, to indulge, spoil by indulgence. Gen. R. s. 22 (ref. to Prov. XXIX, 21) שמְפַנֵּק וכ׳, v. מָנוֹן; Yalk. Prov. 962 (ib. 961 ממתק). —2) to treat tenderly; to cultivate, improve, embellish. Sifré Deut. 306 מְפַנְּקִים; Yalk. ib. 942, v. עָדַן; a. e.—Part. pass. מְפוּנָּק delicately reared. Mekh. Mishp. s. 8, v. עָדַן; Yalk. Ex. 339. Lev. R. s. 19 היה מפ׳ ומת בידם he was delicate (unused to hardship), and died under their hands.