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to pacify  JLAtg, JBA.  TgJ 1Sam24:8 : וֻפַיֵיס דָוִיד יָת גֻברוֹהִי בְפִתגָמַיָא‏  †.

  to persuade  Gal, PTA, JBA.  TgJ Jud12:7tos : על דלא חס על ברתיה ולא אזל לפייסא לפינחס כהנא דישרי ליה נדריה‏  because he did not have mercy on his daughter and did not go to persuade Phineas the high priest to absolve him of his oath.  TN Gen23:11var. : ופייס עלה מן עפרון בר צוחר‏  be persuasive about it from PN. to plea with, i.e., to attempt to persuade  Gal, JBA, LJLA.  PJ Gen19:3 : ופייס בהום לחדא וזרו לוותיה‏  he pleaded with them a lot so they turned aside toward him.

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w. ל‏_ : to be reconciled to, make peace with someone  LJLA.  PJ Gen34:15 : ברם בדא נתפייס לכון‏  but in this way we will make peace with you.

  to be satisfied  PTA.  TN Gen6:6 : ואתפייס עם לבה‏  he was satisfied in his heart.

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  w. ל‏_ : to be reconciled to someone  JLAtg.  TgO Gen34:23 : בְרַם נִיטְפַס לְהוֹן וְיִתתְבֻון עִמַנָא‏  we shall be reconciled to them so that they shall dwell among us.

  to be entreated  JLAtg, Syr.  TgJ Is13:17 : מָדָאֵי דִבכַספָא לָא מִטַפסִין וְדַהבָא לָא מִתרְעַן בֵיה‏  the Medes who are not entreated by silver or desire any gold.

  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 430b; DJBA: 899b; Jastrow: 1167; Levy Ch-W: 2:262; Tal Sam: 676a;

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Derivatives:

pyws (piyyūs, piyyūsā) v.n.D   appeasement

psyˀyt adv.   persuasively