פָּקַר (cmp. בָּקַר, a preced. wds.) [to break through; cmp. פָּרַץ,] 1) to be free, licentious, irreverent, sceptical. Meg. 25ᵇ מתוך תשובה … פָּקְרוּ המינים Ms. M. (ed. המערערים) from the answer which Aaron gave to Moses (Ex. XXXII, 24) the heretics derived their heresy (to assert the reality of idolatrous witchcraft). Snh. 38ᵇ כל מקום שפקרו המינין וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. הצדוקים) wherever in a Biblical passage the heretics seem to find a support for their scepticism (belief in a plurality of divine beings), their refutation is always near by; Y. Ber. IX, 12ᵈ bot. (not שפרקו); a. e. —2) (with עַצְמ־) to make free with one’s self; (of a woman) to propose marriage to a man. Y. Snh. II, 20ᵇ (ref. to I Sam. XXV, 31 וזכרת את אמתך) מלמד שפָּקְרָה עצמה this shows that she intimated eventual marriage to David; a. e.
Hif. - הִפְקִיר to declare free, to renounce ownership, declare a property ownerless. Gitt. 38ᵃ, a. e. המַפְקִיר עבדו יצא לחירות if one declares his slave ownerless, he goes out free (and needs no letter of emancipation); ib. 39ᵃ המפקיר … וצריך וכ׳ he is entitled to his liberty, but requires a letter of emancipation. Yalk. Kings 224 ה׳ כל אשר לו (not הפקיד) he gave up all he possessed. Tanḥ. Pinḥas 2 בת מלך הִפְקִירוּ לקלון they offered a king’s daughter to prostitution; ה׳ בתו מי לא היה מפקיר he (the king) offered his daughter, who would not do the same?; a. fr.
Hof. - הוּפְקַר to be declared free. Peah VI, 1 עד שיוּפְקַר וכ׳ (Ms. M. שיבקר, read as Eduy. IV, 3 שׁיוּבְקַר) until it is declared free also for rich men; a. e.—Part. pass. מוּפְקָר; f. מוּפְקֶרֶת; pl. מוּפְקָרִים, מוּפְקָרִין; מוּפְקָרוֹת. Snh. 49ᵃ מה מדבר מ׳ לכל אף ביתו … מ׳ לכל as the desert is free to all, so was Joab’s house free to all (that craved his hospitality). Tanḥ. Vayaḳhel 8 למה … מה המדבר מ׳ … התורה מ׳ וכ׳ why was the Law given in the desert? To intimate that as the desert is free to all, so are the words of the Law free to every one &c. Gen. R. s. 72 דבר שהוא מן המ׳ something which is free (ownerless); a. fr.—V. הֶפְקֵר.