- מַפְגִּיעַ
- מַפְגִּיעַm. (פָּגַע) mafgiʿa (plague), name of an animal of which the lion is afraid, the Aethiopian gnat (Levys. Zool. d. Talm. p. 31 6). Sabb.77b (Rashi: a small beast frightening the lion with its howl).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
