פֶּי׳

פֶּחָה, פֶּי׳m. (b. h.; = בעל פ׳, v. Del. Assyr. Handw. p. 519; פחה to be large, cmp. סָגָן; cmp. פּוּש. a. נָפִיש) grandee, high officer, governor. Y.Bets. IV, 62c (R. Ḥiya addressing Rab) בן פי׳ אחריהם son of nobility, follow them (the example of thy kindred)!Pl. פַּחוֹת. Bicc. III, 3 הפ׳ הסגניםוכ׳ the grandees, the chiefs, and the treasurers (of the Temple) went out to meet them. Num. R. s. 14; a. e.