Jastrow: פָּר

פָּר, פַּר m. (b. h.) bullock. Taan. 23ᵃ פַּר הודאה the sacrificial bullock on which the owner placing his hand makes confession and prayer. Yoma III, 8 בא לו אצל פָּרוֹ he (the high priest) now stepped towards the bullock selected for his sacrifice. Gen. R. s. 44 פר יוה"כ the bullock offered on the Day of Atonement; פר הבא על כל המצות the bullock which is offered by the high priest for every transgression of a command (Lev. IV, 2 sq.). Gen. R. s. 55; a. fr.—Pl. פָּרִים. Ib. s. 44 הראה לו שלשה מיני פ׳ the Lord showed Abraham three kinds of bovine sacrifices. Par. I, 2 פ׳ בני שתים by parim (as sacrifices) are meant beeves of two years of age; a. fr.—Fem. פָּרָה cow. Ib. 1 פ׳ בת שתים by parah is meant a heifer two years old, contrad. to עגלה.—Esp. פָּרַת חַטָּאת, or פרה the red cow whose ashes were used for lustration (Num. XIX). Ib. II, 1. Ib. 2 פ׳ שקרניה וכ׳ a red cow whose horns or hoofs are black. Ib. III, 1 כהן השורף את הפ׳ the priest designated to burn the red cow; a. fr.—Pl. פָּרוֹת. Gen. R. s. 55 … לבעל שתי פ׳ וכ׳ like a husbandman that has two cows, one strong &c.; a. fr.—Parah, name of a treatise, of the Order of Kodashim, of Mishnah and Tosefta.