פִּילֶגֶש

פִּלֶּגֶש, פִּילֶגֶשf. (b. h.; פלג, v. Delitzsch Genesis4> 360) concubine. Y.Keth.V, 29d top אשה יש לה כתובה פ׳ איןוכ׳ the wife has a marriage contract securing a settlement for her (כְּתוּבָּה), the concubine has none; (oth. opin.) אשה יש לה כתובה ותנאי כתובה פ׳וכ׳ the wife has a marriage contract containing besides the settlement all conditions of a marriage contract (alimentation ), the concubine has the contract but without the conditions; a. fr.פ׳ בגבעה, v. גִּבְעָה.Pl. פִּלַּגְשִׁים, פִּילַ׳. Snh.21a. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Cant. 6:8) שמונים … ונקראו פ׳ שהפ׳ חשודות there are eighty families (of nations) that know their mothers but not their fathers, and they are called ‘concubines, for the concubines are suspected (of faithlessness).