- דרופתקי
- דָּרוּפִתְקֵיm. sing. a. pl. (a comp. of דרי to carry, a. pl. of פִּתְקָא; cmp. מקבלי פתקין Sabb.X, 4) bag for official documents, mail bag. Snh.99b (read with Ms. M. כולהו גופי ד׳ נינהו טוביה לדזכי והוי ד׳ דאורייתאשנ׳ כי … בבטנך (Ar. דרפתקי) all human bodies are mail bags (carrying the decrees of the Lord); happy they who are found worthy to be receptacles of the Law, as it says (Prov. 22:18).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.