Jastrow: פּוּם

פּוּם, פּוּמָא m. = h. פֶּה. Targ. Ex. IV, 11. Targ. Y. ib. 10, v. חִגְּרָא. Targ. O. Gen. XXIX, 2, sq.; (Y. פֻּם); a. fr.—Targ. II Sam. XXIII, 8 בפ׳ קלא with the voice of command (?).—Sabb. 67ᵇ לפ׳ רבנן to the mouth of our teachers, v. חַיִּין. Ib. 141ᵃ אפּוּמֵיה דלחייא on the top of the pole. Ib. בפ׳ דשישא into the orifice of a bottle, v. אֲשִׁישָׁא. Ber. 62ᵃ דמי פומיה דאבא וכ׳ Abba’s mouth is like that of one that has never before sipped of a dish (he acts as if he touched a woman for the first time). Y. Ned. VII, end, 40ᶜ לית אורחא … בפ׳ בעי מימר וכ׳ is it not a man’s way (of speaking), when he sees a person at the entrance (of the town), to say, I saw him in Tiberias?; a. v. fr.—כְּפוּם, לְפוּם, לְפוּמָא ד־ = h. כְּפִי, לְפִי, according to; because. Targ. Lev. XXV, 52. Ib. 51. Targ. Prov. XII, 8 לפ׳ ed. Lag. (ed. בפ׳, (corr. acc.). Targ. Y. I Gen. XXXVIII, 25; a. fr.—לפ׳ כן = h. לְפִיכָךְ, therefore. Ib.; a. fr.—Ab. V, 22 לפ׳ צערא אגרא according to the pain (in studying) is the reward. Y. Ber. I, 3ᶜ bot. לפ׳ כן צריך וכ׳ therefore was it necessary to say &c.; a. fr.—Pl. פּוּמִין, פּוּמַיָּא. Targ. Prov. V, 4; a. e.—Y. Ber. I, 3ᵇ top אילו הוינא … תרין פ׳ had I been standing at the foot of Mount Sinai, I should have prayed that two mouths should be created for man, one for studying the Law &c.; Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵃ sq.; a. e.—[Hebr. plur. פּוּמִין, v. פֶּה.]—פום בדיתא, v. פּוּמְבְּדִיתָא.—פום נהרא, v. נַהֲרָא, &c.