פְּגָם

פְּגָםm. (preced. wds.) 1) injury, deterioration; blemish, discredit. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 5 פ׳ הוא לאשה it is discreditable to a woman (to be showy). Y.B. Kam.VIII, end, 6c; Bab. ib. 93a משום פְּגַם משפחה because it is a discredit to the entire family. Gitt.59b משום פְּגָמוֹ של ראשין because it might cast a reflection on his predecessor (making it appear as if he were not a legitimate priest); משום פ׳ שניהם because it reflects on both of them. Sot.41a משום פגמו של ראשון because it discredits the scroll first used (as if it had been found unfit for reading in it). Sifré Num. 92 דברי פ׳ criticising words, opp. דברי שבח. Yalk. Ps. 846 ע״א קרויה לשם פְּגָמָהּוכ׳ a heathen deity is named with an opprobrious epithet, as ḥerem, shekets , opp. לשם שבח; a. fr.נותן טעם לפ׳, v. טַעַם. Cant. R. to VII, 8 (in Chald. dict.) אנן בעינן נתן ביה פ׳וכ׳ we desire to discredit him (the idol), by being there and not bowing to him Snh.73b פִּיגְמָהּ (from פֶּגֶם), v. פְּגִימָה. 2) indemnity for deterioration in value or social standing, to be paid to a seduced or outraged girl. Keth.III, 4 המפתה נותן בושת ופ׳ וקנס the seducer must pay an indemnity for exposure to shame and for loss of value, and a fine besides. Ib. 7 פ׳ רואין אותהוכ׳ as to indemnity for loss of value, we estimate her as if she were a handmaid to be sold 3) (v. פְּגִימָה) the decrease of the moon; trnsf. decline. Pesik. R. s. 15 (ref. to Ps. 89:38) כהדין סיהרא … אתם מונין לפְגָמוֹ like the moon: if you do good, you shall count by its fulness (by referring to your political ascendancy); if not, you shall count by its decrease (by the symptoms of decline); Pesik. Haḥod., p. 53a> לפְגָמָהּ; v. next w.