פְּקַעַת

פְּקַעַתf. (פָּקַע) (that which is to be unravelled; cmp. בְּקַעַת) coil, clue of thread, of rope Kel. X, 4 פ׳ של גמי a coil of rope made of reed grass. Gen. R. s. 12, beg. נטל פ׳ של גמי … ונכנס דרך הפ׳וכ׳ he took a clue of rope and tied one end of it to the entrance, and he went in along the unwound rope, and came out along the rope; Koh. R. to II, 12 פְּקִיעַת גמי; Cant. R. to I, 1; a. e.Pl. פְּקַעֲיוֹת. Kel. XVII, 2 שעורה בפ׳ של שתי is measured by the ordinary size of warp clues. Ḥag.12a היה מרחיב והולך כשתי פ׳וכ׳ was extending farther and farther (in two directions) like two unwound clues Gen. R. s. 10, beg. נטלהקב״ה שתי פ׳וכ׳ (some ed. פקיעיות, corr. acc.) the Lord took two coils, one of snow and one of fire, and worked them into each other. B. Kam. 119b שירי פ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שיורי פְּקִיעוֹת; Ms. R. 2 פְּקָעוֹת) remnants of coils (given to the weaver); a. e.