פָּרָשָׁא

פָּרָש, פָּרָשָׁאch. sam(פרש horseman, knight). Targ. Nah. 3:3.Sabb.109b אידמי ליה כפ׳ he (Elijah) appeared to him as a horseman. Yeb.121b וי ליה לפ׳וכ׳ alas, for the brave horseman (city guardsman) that is dead! B. Bath.8a לפ׳ Rashi (ed. לפַרְשָׁאָה) towards maintaining the city guard, v. טוּרְזַיָּנָא. Ab. Zar.18a נקט נפשיה כחד פ׳ דמלכא Ms. M. (ed. only כפ׳; Ar. מן פָּרָשַׁיָּא) he (R. Meïr) assumed the disguise of a Roman knight.Pl. פָּרָשִׁין, פָּרָשַׁיָּא, פָּרָשֵׁי. Targ. Jud. 15:8. Targ. Ex. 14:28. Ib. 17; a. fr.Ab. Zar. l. c., v. supra. B. Mets.86a, v. גּוּנְדָּא I; a. e.