פַּרְדֶּס

פַּרְדֶּסm. (b. h.; v. Ges. Hebr. Dict.10> s. v.) enclosure, park, pleasure garden. Tosef.Bets.I, 10 החיה שקינתה בפ׳ game which nests in a park. Sot.10a (ref. to אשל, Gen. 21:33) עשה פ׳ ונטעוכ׳ he made a garden and planted therein ; Gen. R. s. 54; a. e.Trnsf. enclosure in heaven, esoteric philosophy. Ḥag.14b ארבעה נכנסו לפ׳וכ׳ four men entered the enclosure (engaged in esoteric philosophy), one cast a look and died ; Tosef. ib. II, 3; Y. ib. II, 77b top.Pl. פַּרְדֵּסוֹת, פַּרְדֵּי׳. Arakh.III, 2 (14a) פ׳ סבסטי the pleasure gardens of Sebaste, v. חוֹלַת; Tosef. ib. II, 8. Pes.56a פורצין … ובפַרְדְּסוֹתֵיהֶן (some ed. ובפַרְדְּסֵיהֶן) made openings in their gardens and orchards; Men.71a; Tosef.Pes.II (III), 21; a. e.