פָּסַע

פָּסַע(b. h. פָּשַׂע; cmp. פָּסָה a. פָּסַח) (to spread the feet, to step out, walk. Meg.27b לא פָסַעְתִּי על ראשיוכ׳ I never strode over the heads of the holy people (never forced my way through the students seated on the floor to reach my chair); Snh.7b מניין לדיין שלא יִפְסַעוכ׳ where is it intimated that a judge must not force his way (Answ. by ref. to Ex. 20:26, sq.); Yeb.105b מי שצריך … יִפְסַעוכ׳ he of whom the holy people are in need, may step over the heads Sot.13b שתים … ופְסָעָן משה בפסיעה אחת twelve steps were there, and Moses passed over them with one step. Gen. R. s. 99 (play on פ̇ח̇ז, Gen. 49:4) פָּסַעְתָּ על דת ח̇ללת … ז̇ר thou didst overstep (transgress) the law, desecrate thy birthright (priesthood), and hast become a commoner. Mekh. Bo 7 (ref. to Ex. 12:13) א״ת ופסחתי אלא וּפָסַעְתִּיוכ׳ read not, and I will pass, but I will step over (leap, skip), the Lord skipped over ; a. e. Pi. פִּסֵּעַ same. Y.Kil.VI, 30c לפֵסֵּעַ, v. פֵּיפוּר. Yeb. l. c. מי הוא זה שמְפַסֵּעַ על ראשיוכ׳ who is he that forces his way over the heads ?, v. supra; a. e. Hif. הִפְסִיעַ 1) same. Hor.13b בזמן שרבים … מַפְסִיעִין עלוכ׳ when the public need their services, they may force their way Taan.10b אל תַּפְסִיעוּ פסיעה גסהוכ׳ never march with hasty steps, and bring the sun into town (enter before sunset); a. e. 2) to make cross-stitches. M. Kat. 10a; Y. ib. I, 80d bot., v. כָּלַב.