- פצל
- פְּצַלch. sam(פצלto split, peel), to peel, skim. Y.Bets. V, 63a, v. כָּא. Ithpa. אִיפַּצֵּל, Ithpe. אִיפְּצִיל to be split, branch off. Yoma 71b, a. e. עמרא אִיפַּצּוּלֵי מִיפַּצְּלָא wool (on the sheep) splits off (does not grow like stalks); כיתנא נמי איפצולי מִפְּצִיל but flax also splits!; v. כִּיתַּן. Ḥull.59b היכא דמִיפַּצְּלָא לא דיןוכ׳ when the horn is branched, there is no question (that the animal belongs to the beasts of chase, הַיָּה).Erub.29b, v. בְּצַל.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.