פניי

פְּנַאי, פְּנַייm. (פָּנָה) 1) emptiness, vacancy. Num. R. s. 14 (play on אל תבהל מפניו, Koh. 8:3) לא נתבהל מפ׳ הבית he (Joseph) was not bewildered by the emptiness of the house (his being alone with Potiphars wife). 2) vacation, leisure, time, opportunity. Ab. Zar. V, 6 לפי שאין פ׳ לנסך because the invaders do not take time to offer a libation (so as to make the wine forbidden, v. נָסַךְ). Ib. 71a לנסך אין פ׳ לבעול יש פ׳ for libation they do not take time, but for outrage they do. Y. ib. V, 45a top אין פ׳ להטיל אירס the snake (being pursued) finds no opportunity to shed venom; a. fr.