פרח

פֶּרַחm. (b. h.; preced.) 1) blossom, flower, an ornament in the shape of a flower. Gen. R. s. 91, end, v. כַּפְתּוֹר. Kel. XI, 7 הפ׳ והבסיס the calyx of a candlestick and the shaft. Esth. R. to I, 6 אני ישנתי על פִּרְחוֹ שלוכ׳ I slept on the flower (capital) of one of those columns, and there was room for a body at full length, with outstretched hands and feet. Men.28b; a. fr.Pl. פְּרָחִים. Ib. פְּרָחֶיהָ … כמין פִּרְחֵי וכ׳ what did the flowers of the candlestick look like? Like the blossoms on the capitals of columns; a. e. 2) פ׳ לבן White Blossom, name of an aromatic shrub. Deut. R. s. 6, beg. פ׳ לבן היא שכרו וב׳ this is a White Blossom, the wages for working at it are half a goldpiece. Y.Shebi.VII, beg.37b; Tosef. ib. V, 7 פ׳ לבין ed. Zuck. (Var. פרחבלין, פרחבינ׳, פרחביל׳, corr. acc.). 3) youth.Pl. as ab. Midd. I, 8, a. fr. פִּרְחֵי כהונה, v. כְּהוּנָּה. 4) young chicken.Pl. as ab. Keth.59b Ar. (ed. אפרוחים). Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42d top (expl. סכות בנות, 2 Kings 17:30) תרנגולתא ופְרָחֶיהָ a hen with her chickens.