פגימה

פְּגִימָהf. (פָּגם) (incision, cavity, 1) notch. Ḥull.17b ושאין בה אלא פ׳ אחת but a knife which has only one notch (v. אָגַר II); Tosef. ib. I, 7. Ḥull. l. c. פְּגִימַת עצם בפסח a cut in the bone of a Passover lamb (forbidden in Ex. 12:46); פ׳ אוזן בבכור a cut in the ear of a first-born animal (by which it is rendered unfit as a sacrifice, and may be eaten by the priest outside of the seat of the sanctuary); פ׳ מום בקדשים the blemish, created by a cut, of a consecrated (female) sacrifice; וכולן פְּגִימָתָן כדי פ׳ המזבח and all of these incisions are measured by the standard of an indentation in the altar; ib. 18a וכמה פ׳ המזבח and how large is the indentation which unfits the altar?; v. חָגַר II; a. fr.Pl. פְּגִימוֹת. Ib. 17b; a. fr. 2) concavity of an arch, crescent, R. Hash. 23b (expl. לפני החמה ib. II, 6) פְּגִימָתָהּ לפני החמהוכ׳ was the concave side of the crescent directed towards the sun or away from the sun? Ib. מעולם … פגימתה של לבנה ולא פגימתה של קשת the sun never faces the concave of the crescent or the concave of a rainbow; Y. ib. II, 58a פִּיגְמָתָהּ; a. e. 3) violation (of virginity). Snh.73b במקפדת על פגימתהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. פִּיגְמָהּ) when she is excited over her violation, and says Y.Sabb.VI, 8a bot. פגימה, read: פְּגוּמָה, v. פָּגַם.