פקע

פְּקַעch. sam( Hif. הִפְקִיעַ to split, break open), to burst, break, escape. Pes.85b פ׳ איגרא the roof burst, v. זֵיתָא I. B. Mets.20b פ׳ ארזאוכ׳ the cedar pillar of the school was cracked, v. לָתָא. Ab. Zar.33b פַּקְעוּ they (the vessels) burst. Ib. 28b פַּקְעָא עינא her eye burst (fell out). Y.M. Kat. I, beg. 80a דלא יִפְקְעָןוכ׳ lest the grain burst (sprout) and go to ruin.Ḥull.89b פ׳ ליה איסיר גיד מיניה has the prohibition resting on the nervus ischiadicus gone from it (ceased to affect it)? Ib. 139a פַּקְעָה קדושתייהו מינייהו their sacred character has ceased; Y.Keth.VIII, 22b top פַּקְעַת מינייהו קדושתן; a. fr. Pa. פַּקַּע to break; פ׳ מ־ to hinder. Gitt.44a מְפַקֵּע ליה ממצות (by leaving his slave in the hands of a gentile) he prevents him from living up to the obligations (resting on the Noachidæ, v. נֹחַ); Bekh.3a. Af. אַפְקַע 1) as preced. Hif., to cancel, cause a release. Shebu.48b אתיא שביעית אַפְקַעְתֵּיה the Sabbatical year comes and causes the cancellation of the debt Gitt.36b אלימי לאַפְקוּעֵי ממונא they have the power to declare a debt cancelled. Keth.3a, a. fr. כל דמקדש … ואַפְקְעִינְהוּ רבנןוכ׳ whoever betroths a woman, does so in the sense of the rabbinical law (v. דַּעְתָּא), and for an eventuality like this the Rabbis have annulled his betrothal retroactively (so that no divorce would be necessary at all); a. fr. 2) to let go forth, issue, make known. Gitt.36a (ref. to בקיאין סימנייהו their pictorial signatures on documents are well known) מעיקרא במאי אַפְקְעִינְהוּ on what kind of writs did they originally issue their signatures (so as to make the public familiar with them)?, v. פְּקִיעַ II. Ithpe. אִתְפְּקַע to be broken into. Targ. II Esth. 3:7 (ref. to ותבקע, 2 Kings 25:4).