- פְּטִירָה
- פְּטִירָהf. (פָּטַר) departure, dismissal. Bets.15b בשעת פְּטִירָתָן when he dismissed them.Esp. departure from the world, death. Y.Keth.XII, beg.34d; Y.Kil.IX, 32a Pl. שלשה … בשעת פְּטִירָתוֹוכ׳ Rabbi ordained three things when he departed this world. Deut. R. s. 11 (ref. to Mic. 7:8) כי נפלתי מפטירתו של משהוכ׳ though I fell when Moses died, I arose again under Joshuas administration. Ab.VI בשעת פטירתו של אדםוכ׳ when man leaves this world, neither silver nor gold nor jewels escort him ; a. fr.
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