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פּטֶם‏ n.m. animal fat

animal fat, fatness Syr, Man, LJLA. TgPs73:8 : יתמקמקון מן פיטמא‏ .

fattening JLAtg, JBA. TgJ Jer5:27 : כְבֵית פִטמָא דִמלֵי עוֹפָא כֵין בָתֵיהוֹן מְלַן נִכלִין‏ like a fattening coop full of birds are their houses full of deceits. bird coop (?) JLAtg. TgJ Jer5:27 var. : כְבֵית פִטמָא /ככורתא דמלייא זיבורייתא /כפיטמא/ דִמלֵי עוֹפָא‏ like a fattening house (vars.: like a hive full of hornets, coop) full of birds.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 899b; Jastrow: 1161; Levy Ch-W: 2:260;

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