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ˀpqwtˀ, pqwtˀ (ˀapqūṯā, pqūṯā) n.m. neck
√ prqh, prqtˀ n.f.
1
neck
JLAtg, JBAmb, JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam4:18↗ וְאִתְבַרַת פְקוּתֵיה"פרקותיה"אפרקותיה" וֻמִית‏ : his neck was broken and he died ; AMBVoderAs.Mus. 3:2↗ ופישרי לגידא רבה דיפקותיה‏ : loosen the large sinew of his neck ; MTKG II:248:52 על צוואריהון ועל {פקדתהון̊} ועל פקותהון‏ ; AlmaRR 456 ↗ hamša hatmia ḏhinun zurpinia ḏapquta : the five seals which are the joins of the neck ; Shapta D-Qashtina 332 ↗ lpqutẖ miblia ḏhala : upon his neck (are) loads of sand ; PJ Lev7:30↗ ותרין עילעין מיכא לוקבל אפקותא‏ : two ribs from one side toward the neck
2
upper part of a date palm
JBA, JBAg
BT Suk 13a(5)↗ הא אפקותא דדקלה מסככינן בה‏ ; HP Sassoon(1) 26.25↗ הא אפקותא דדיקלא מסככינן בה‏ : in fact we cover the sukkah with the upper part of a date palm
§Form & Usage▶
Mandaic apquta, pquta.
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Note the variants in the cited JLA passage.
In MD p. 31a an example is mis-cited as apkuta and rendered "jaws(?)".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 158aJastrow: 107Drower/Macuch: 377a, 32a, 368aLevy Ch-W: 1:55
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