פַּרְוַנְקָא

פַּרְוַונְקָא, פַּרְוַנְקָאm. (Pers. parwânaḳ) letter-carrier, forerunner, messenger. Succ.48b יומא הד שבקוך ושויוך פ׳ (Ms. M. שבקתך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) one day they will send thee off (from heaven) and make thee a runner (to show the way). Snh.38b אפי׳ בפ׳ נמי לא קבילניה even as a guide we refused to accept him. Ab. Zar.28a, v. עֵנַבְתָּא. Snh.82a, a. fr. (a proverbial expression) קריינא דאגרתא איהו ליהוי פ׳ let him who dictates the letter be the carrier, i. e. let him who gives the advice be its executor.