פרךְ

פָּרַךְ 1) to split, divide off. Denom. (cmp. מְחִיצָה) פָּרוֹכֶת. 2) to split (grist ); to crush, rub, grind. Ber.37b פּוֹרְכָן, v. infra. Ex. R. s. 31 באחרונה אדם פּוֹרְכוֹ בידווכ׳ at last (when silver has been worked over several times) one may crumble it in ones hand, and it is no longer fit for any work. B. Mets.89b יִפְרוֹךְ Ms. R., v. infra; a. e.Part. pass. פָּרוּךְ; pl. פְּרוּכִים, פְּרוּכִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. 118:10–13 (ref. to אמילם ib., v. מָלַל) והמה פ׳ and they were (shall be) crushed. Pi. פֵּרֵךְ, פֵּי׳ 1) to split, demolish. Yalk. Gen. 39, v. פָּכַר. 2) to crush, grind; to crack; to husk. Men.75b מְפָרְכָן עדוכ׳ (Ber.37b פּוֹרְכָן) he crushes them until he has reduced them to the fineness of the flour of which they had been made. Bets.12b מְפָרְכִין קטניותוכ׳ you may husk peas on the Holy Day. Sabb.53b סכין ומפרכין לאדםוכ׳ Ar. a. early eds. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70; ed. a. Mss. מפרכסין, v. פִּרְכֵּס I) you may oint a sore and scrape the scab off for a human being (on the Sabbath), but not for a beast; a. e.(Ib. 155b מפרכין תבן, v. פְּרַךְ II. Hif. הִפְרִיךְ same, to smash, crack B. Mets.89b לא יַפְרִיךְ … מַפְרִיךְוכ׳ (Ms. R. יִפְרוֹךְ) the laborer must not smash fruits against a rock and eat them, but he may smash them one by one (with his hand) and eat; a. e.(Yalk. Gen. 130 מפריכין, read: מפרינין, v. פָּרַן. Nif. נִפְרָךְ to be crumbled; to be cracked; to be scraped, peeled. Bekh.37b יבישה כדי שתהא נִפְרֶכֶת a sore is called dry, when it can be scraped. Ḥull.46b כדי שתִּיפָּרֵךְוכ׳ that it can be scraped off with the nail. Ber.25a כל זמן שזורקה ואינה נפרכת when he throws it down, and it is not crumbled. Pesik. R. s. 11 שנִיפְרָךְ, v. פֶּרֶךְ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵךְ to be crumbled, threshed. Y.B. Mets.X, end, 12c כדי שיִתְפָּרֵךְ ברגלווכ׳ in order that it (the dung) be trodden down by the feet of men and beasts; (Bab. ib. 118b שיהא נישוף; Tosef. ib. XI, 8 שיישוף).