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prq, prqˀ (preq, perqā) n.m. segment, separation
1
segment, one item of many
Syr
BHNom 317:13↗ ܐܢ ܢܦܩܕ ܕܐܝܬ ܨܐܕܝ ܦܸܪܩܵܐ ܚܕ ܠܦܠܢ܃ ܘܠܐ ܢܥܝܢܝܘܝ܂ ܘܢܫܬܟܚܘܢ ܠܗ ܦܪ̈ܩܐ‏ : should he bequeath that I have so and so's item (or: garment?), but does not specify it, and several items are found
(1)
fragment, piece
Syr
JSB5 758:15↗ ܦܪ̈ܩܐ ܕܒܣܪܐ‏ : fragments of flesh
(2)
chapter of a canonical text
Gal, JBA
PTKil 26.d:64[2]↗ על כל פירקא אתאמרת או על הדא הילכתא‏ : was it said concerning the whole chapter or (only) concerning this halakhah? ; BT Men 92b(24)↗ מתניתין דהך פירקא‏ : our mishnah on that chapter
(3)
garment or piece of cloth
Syr
ZDMG 27 594:v52 ܟܘܬܝܢܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܦܪ̈ܩܝܢ‏ : a shirt of two pieces ; IshGen 200:5↗ ܦܪ̈ܩܐ ܙܩ݁ܪܝܢ ܘܡܕܒܩܝܢ‏ : they weave and stick together the pieces
2
period of time
JBA
BT Git 31b(19)↗ כל יומא פרקיה‏ : every day is its time (to be sold)
(1)
לפירקין : now and then, alternating times
JBAg, LJLA
PJ Num22:4↗ דהכין הווה תנאה בינתיהון למיהוי מלכין לפירקין‏ : for thus there was an agreement between them to be kings alternately
(2)
time of maturity
(1)
קמת על פירקה : reached one's maturity
Gal
JMP 2.1.R(13)↗ [וטיליתא דא] בוגרת צמל קמת על פירקה והיא ברשות עצמה‏ : [this girl] is fully mature, she has reached maturity and is in control of her own rights [from Obad. 13]
3
parting of the ways or breech
JLAtg
TgJ Ob1:14↗ וֻדקַמתָא עַל פִרקָא לְשֵיצָאָה יָת מְעָרְקוֹהִי‏ : in that you stood at the crossroads (or: breech in the wall) to destroy his refugees
(1)
joint
CPA, LJLA
PJ Lev8:23↗ פירקא מיצעא דריגליה‏ : the middle joint [NB: BH בֹּהֶן] of his foot
(2)
deliverance
Man
4
lecture in the academy
Gal, JBA
PTTan 66.a:49[2]↗ יאות סבא ידע פרקי גרמה‏ : the old man knows his own lectures properly ; BT Yom 78a(16)↗ מאי טעמא לא אתא מר לפירקא‏ : why didn't you come to the lecture? ; BT Yev 64b(22)↗ שתין סאבי הוינא וכולהו איעקור מפירקי׳ דרב הונא לבר אנא‏ : we were sixty old men, and all of us [lit. them] became sterile (from extended sitting) at PN's public lecture except for me
(1)
academic convocation
JBAg
(1)
רישׁ פירקא : head of the convocation (?)
JBA
SOZ 73:12↗ ועיילוה בריש פירקיה‏ : they inducted(?) him as the head of his group (?? or: they inserted it at the beginning of its chapter of the Mishnah?)
(2)
בר פרקא : student
JBA
BT Ket 62a(28)↗ מאי טיילים ,, בני פירקי‏ : what are טיילים? lecture auditors
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See also s.v. prwnqˀ.
One might suggest an emendation to this word at EphNis 14:3 ܒܦܪ̈ܝܩܐ: "he made for it a fence for the breaches".

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