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פְּלֶג פַּלְגָּא‏ n.m. half; waist

half Com. Dan7:25 : וּפְלַג עִדָּן‏ half a time-period. 4QEnastr b 7 ii:4 : שביעין תרין ופלג‏ two and a half sevenths. TgJ Zec14:8 : פַלגהוֹן לְיַמָא מַדנָחָאָה וֻפַלגְהוֹן לְיַמָא מַערְבָאָה‏ half (of the water shall flow) to the eastern sea and half of it to the western sea.

middle JLAtg, Man. TgJ Zec14:4 : וְיִתבְזַע טוּר זֵיתַיָא מִפַלגֵיה לְמַדנְחָא וֻלמַערְבָא‏ the Mount of Olives shall be split from its middle to the East and to the West. groin area, waist Syr, JBA, LJLA. TgIChron 19:4 : וגרענון ופסק ית לבושיהון מן פלגיהון עד בית בהתתהון‏ he shaved them and cut off their clothing from their waists to their privates.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 431a; DJBA: 910a; Jastrow: 1176; Levy Ch-W: 2:266; Tal Sam: 681; DNWSI: 912; DJA: 73a; Cook,Qumran: 191;

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Derivatives:

plgw, plgwtˀ (pā/a/elgū, pā/a/elgūṯā) n.f. half