- פייסא
- פְּיָיסָא(פִּיסָא) פַּיְסָא ch. sam(פייס allotment.), 1) compromise, peace. Nidd.37a עבדו יבנן פ׳ the Rabbis have made peace (have been reconciled). 2) lot, balloting. Targ. II Esth. 3:7 פ׳, a. פ׳ דעדבין. Targ. I, II Esth. 9:24. Targ. Prov. 1:14; a. e.Yoma 22a תקינו לה … פ׳ the scholars arranged balloting (by counting fingers, v. preced.). Ib. 23a; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
