פֶּתֶן

פֶּתֶןm. (b. h.; פתן, cmp. פתל, to wind) asp, adder. Num. R. s. 19 אפי׳ נְשוּךְ פ׳ ועקרבוכ׳ even he who was bitten by an asp or a scorpion, (was cured when looking at the brazen serpent); Yalk. ib. 764; Tanḥ. Huck. 19 נשוך מפ׳וכ׳. Sifré Deut. 323 (ref. to Deut. 32:33) (read:) אלו הראשונים שבכם שהם כפ׳ הזה אכזרי that means the foremost among you who are like the asp, the cruel; Yalk. ib. 946; a. e.Pl. פְּתָנִים. Pirké dR. El. ch. XIV מרורת פ׳ ומותוכ׳ the venom of asps and death are in its (the serpents) mouth; Yalk. Gen. 27.