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פְּחָר פַּחְרָא‏ n.m. clay

clay Gal, CPA, Syr, LJLA. PJ Ex12:22 : בדמא דבמן פחרא‏ in the blood that is in the vessel of clay.

sherd, ostracon Syr, LJLA. TgJob2:8 : ונסיב ליה פיחר לאתקרצפא ביה‏ he took a potsherd to scrape himself with †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 428a; DJBA: 895b; Jastrow: 1153; Levy Ch-W: 2:259;

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pḥr, pḥrˀ (paḥḥār, paḥḥārā) n.m. #2 potter