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psq (a/u) vb. to come to an end; to cut, to decide
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Gpəˁalto stop4 senses▶
1
to stop
Common Aramaic
(1)
(intransitive) : to come to an end, stop functioning
Common Aramaic
TgJ Jer17:8↗ וֻבִשנַת בִצוּרתָא לָא יִתַר וְלָא יִפסוּק מִלְמַעֲבַד פֵירִין‏ : in the drought year it does not shed (its leaves) nor stop producing fruit ; EchRG[1]81(5)↗ [כה]דין אגוגא דלא פסק לא באיממא ולא בליליה‏ : like an aqueduct that stops neither during the daytime nor at night ; AphDiatess1990 18:1↗ ܘܒܝܘܚܢܢ ܦܣܩܬ ܢܒܝܘܬܐ ܕܒ̈ܢܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ‏ : and with John the prophecy of the sons of Jacob came to an end ; BT Bek 4b(33)↗ י אמרת פסוק הנך דמעיקרא פקעא קדושתיהו‏ : if you say: (The firstborn males of the desert) ceased. (Then), the holiness of those previously (firstborn males born in Egypt also) lapsed
(1)
+mn+infinitive : to stop doing something
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Gen18:11↗ פְסַק מִלְמִהוֵי לְשָׂרָה אוֹרַח כְנשַיָא‏ : Sarah had stopped having female-like behavior (i.e., menstruating) ; PJ Gen17:22↗ ופסק מלמללא עימיה‏ : He stopped speaking with him ; PJ Lev16:20↗ ויפסוק מן למכפרא על קודשא ועל משכן זימנא‏
(1)
without mn
LJLA
TgJ Na3:1↗ כוּלַה כַדבִין בִיזָא מַליָא לָא פָסִיק קְטוֹל‏ : it is all full of lies and plunder and killing does not stop ; PJ Gen43:2↗ והוה כד פסקו למיכול ית עיבורא דהייתיו ממצרים‏ : when they had finished eating the grain they brought from Egypt
(2)
to go away, disappear
Gal, Syr, LJLA
PTMaSh 56.a:16[2]↗ פסקת תורתיה קומוי‏ : his (plowing-)cow broke away from him ; P Job19:14↗ ܦܣܩܘ ܩܪ̈ܝܒܝ ܡܢ ܠܘܬܝ‏ : my relatives stayed away from me ; PJ Deut15:11↗ לא פסקין מסכינין מיגו ארעא‏ : poor people shall not disappear from the land ; TgPs39:5↗ אימתי אפסוק מן עלמא‏ : when I will disappear from the world
(3)
as co-verb : to act decisively
JBA
BT Bek 13a(31)↗ איידי דזוטרן מילה דבהמה טמאה פסיק ושרי לה‏ : since the matters involving an unclean beast are minor, he stops and leaves it alone
(2)
to stop something
Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Zec2:15tos↗ לא אפסוק רגליכון מארע בית שכינתי‏ ; INW 93↗ ܐܢ ܢܦܠ ܐܢ݂ܬ ܒܢܣܝ̈ܘܢܐ܃ ܠܐ ܬܦܣܘܩ ܣܒܪܟ‏ : If you fall into temptations, do not give up your hope ; BT Ket 60b(52)↗ מינייהו פסקי חלבא, ומינייהו עכרי חלבא‏ : some of them stop the milk while some of them make the milk turbid ; PJ Lev26:44↗ למפסוק קימי עימהון‏ : to stop my covenant with them
(1)
to complete work on
LJLA
TgIIChron 7:11↗ ופסק שלמה ית בית מקדשא דייי‏
(2)
to interrupt
Syr, JBA
Ps-Clem Recogs 2.106:33↗ ܗܘ ܣܝܡܘܢ ܦܣܩܗ݀ ܠܡܠܬܗ‏ : that PN interrupted his talk ; BT Ber 27a(45)↗ סיים רב ולא פסקיה לצלותיה דר׳ ירמיה בר אבא‏ : PN1 finished but did not interrupt PN2's prayer
(3)
to hold off
Man
GY 55:21 ↗ pasqia ˁkilta umašqita mn pumaiun upasqia lbušia hiuaria mn gišmaiun : they hold off food and drink from their mouths and hold off white garments from their bodies
2
to cut off, cut through
Gal, CPA, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man
LawsCoun.58.20↗ ܦܣܩܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܐܢܫܐ ܓܒܪܘܬܗܘܢ ܠܬܪܥܬܐ݂‏ ; P Num13:23↗ ܘܦܣܩܘ ܡܢ ܬܡܢ ܫܒܘܩܐ ܘܣܓܘܠܐ ܚܕ ܕܥܢ̈ܒܐ‏ : from there they cut off a branch and a single cluster of grapes ; P 1S17:51↗ ܦܣܩ ܪܝܫܗ‏ ; BT AZ 76b(14)↗ פסק ואכל ופסק ויהב ליה לבאטי בר טובי‏ : he cut off (a piece of the citron) and ate. He cut off (another piece) and gave (it) to PN ; HP Sassoon(1) 130.19↗ ואם פסיק ליה לבתר דכתב ליה מיפסיל‏ : if he cuts (the sheet) after he wrote (the get), it is invalidated ; GY 55:18↗ pasqilẖ lziraihun ušurbatun mn alma : they cut off their seed and families from the world
(1)
to divide
Syr, JBA
GeZA8 18:4 ܫܦܪ ܠܚܟܝ̈ܡܐ ܩܕܡ̈ܝܐ܃ ܕܠܟܠܗ݀ ܐܣܦܪܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ܂ ܩܕܡܝܬ ܡ݁ܢ ܢܦܣܩܘܢܗ݀ ܒܡܚܫܒܬܐ܃ ܠܝܒ܊ ܦܣ̈ܩܐ‏ : it seemed proper to the ancient wise ones that they should first divide the entire sphere of the heavens intellectually into 12 segments ; P Ho6:5↗ ܦܣܩܬ ܢܒ̈ܝܐ‏ : I divided the prophets [MT חָצַבְתִּי בַּנְּבִיאִים]
(1)
to divide into sections, cut apart
Syr, JBA, Man
IshPs 4(5)↗ ܦܣܝܩܝܢ ܦܬܓܡܘ̈ܗܝ ܘܡܛܟܣܝܢ ܡܡܫܚܐܝܬ‏ : his verses are divided and ordered metrically ; BT Er 8a(23)↗ מרימר פסיק לסורא באוזלי‏ : PN would divide up GN with nets ; Pishra D-ainia 633↗ sipa pasiqlik : a sword will cut you apart
(2)
to intervene, come between
JBA
BT Tam 32a(44)↗ לא מצית אזלת דפסקי הרי חושך‏ : you cannot go becuse the dark mountains come between
(1)
to pass through on a journey
Syr
LSt.96:6↗ ܟܡܐ ܡܢ ܝܡܡ̈ܐ ܦܣܩܬ݁‏ : how many seas have you passed through?
(2)
to cut stone
ParthMidAr, Syr
Tang-e-Sarvak 3.1↗ ṣlmˀ znh psqw mdˀnˀm wpˀ : PN1 and PN2 cut out this statue ; Am7 261:9↗ ܫܘܥܐ ܕܢܦܣܩܘܢ ܡܢܗ‏ : a rock that they should cut from
(1)
ܦܣܩ ܟܐܦܐ : stone mason
Syr
1Esdras(3 Ezra) 5:53↗ ܠܦܣ̈ܩܝ ܟܐܦ̈ܐ ܘܠܢܓܪ̈ܐ‏ : to the masons and the carpenters
(3)
to castrate oneself
Syr
Gal5:12↗ ܐܸܫܬ݁ܘ݁ܦ݂ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܐܵܦ݂ ܡܸܦ݂ܣܲܩ ܢܸܦ݂ܣܩܘ݂ܢ ܗܵܢܘ݁ܢ ܕ݁ܕ݂ܵܠܚܼܝܢ ܠܟ݂ܘ݁ܢ‏ : Oh that those who trouble you would in fact even castrate themselves!
3
to fix, determine, decree
Hatran, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, JBA
H 336:.8↗ whkyn psqw dy kwl dlgṅwb lgw mn mlˀ hdyn : thus they decreed: that whoever steals within this glacis ... ; TgJ Mal3:6↗ אַתוּן מְדַמַן דְמַן דְמָאִית בְעָלְמָא הָדֵין דִינֵיה פְסִיק‏ : you imagine that the judgment is decreed in this world for one who dies ; Marqe 1.184↗ פסק ליעקב פסיקין רברבאן‏ : he decreed great portions to Jacob ; JnPhil.149.15↗ ܠܟܠܗܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܗܠܝܢ ܝ̈ܬܐ܃ ܦܣ݁ܩܝܢ ܠܐܠܗܘܬܐ ܘܟ̈ܬܒܐ ܩܕܝܫ̈ܐ ܘܡ̈ܠܦܢܐ‏ : for sacred scriptures and teachers ascribe divine status to each one of these selves ; P Jonah3:5↗ ܘܦܣܩܘ ܨܘܡܐ‏ : they decreed a fast ; ICor7:37↗ ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܸܝܢ ܕܫܲܪܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܦܣܲܩ ܒܪܸܥܝܵܢܸܗ‏ : the one then who has truly determined in his mind
(1)
to make a pledge
JPAEpig, Gal, Syr, JBA
Naveh 39.2↗ text not cited ; PTHor 48.a:58[2]↗ והוה חמי כמה {ד}ציבורא פסק והוא פסיק לקבליה‏ : he would see how much the congregation pledged and would pledge accordingly ; JulSok 69(31):17↗ ܦܣ݂ܩܘ ݁ ܘܩܒܠܘ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܫܢ̈ܕܐ ܘܐܘ̈ܠܨܢܐ‏ : they pledged to accept tortures and calamities upon themselves ; BT BM 74b(5)↗ אי פסקת בשער הגבוה שקול כי השתא ואי לא פסקת שקול כדמעיקרא‏ : if you contracted at the lowest price, take according to the present price [lit. that of now]. If you did not contract (so), take according to the original price [lit. that at the beginning]
(2)
to fix a price, contract
Gal, PTA, JBA
EchRB[1]44(15)↗ וכיון דפרק פסקיה לטמיתהון‏ : when he unloaded (the peppers), he fixed their value ; GT E Gen30:28↗ פסו̊ק כען אגרך עליי ואתן‏ : fix your fee now for me and I will pay it ; BT BM 74b(5)↗ אי פסקת בשער הגבוה שקול כי השתא ואי לא פסקת שקול כדמעיקרא‏ : if you contracted at the higher rate, take as it is now, but if you did did not contract, take as it was originally
(1)
to set or grant an allowance
JBA
BT Ket 63a(20)↗ פסקו ל׳ שית שני‏ : they provided him with six years (of study)
(3)
w. covenants, oaths : to make an agreement
Syr
P Ju9:46↗ ܘܐܬܘ ܠܡܦܣܩ ܒܝܬ ܐܝܠ ܩܝܡܐ‏ : they came to the covenant-making of Bethel [so for MT וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־צְרִיחַ בֵּית אֵל בְּרִית !] ; P Ho12:2↗ ܘܕܝܬܩܐ ܥܡ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܦܣܩܘ‏ ; P 2Ch6:22↗ ܘܢܦܣܘܩ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܡܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܠܡܘܡܝܘܬܗ‏
(4)
w. qabin : to perform a marriage
Man
ATS 1.1:251↗ mahu hauia minaihun halin ḏpasqin qabin : what should be the case for those who perform a marriage?
4
to recite a verse or portion
JBA
BT Git 56a(18)↗ פסוק לי פסוקך‏ : recite your verse for me
(1)
to read the haftara (סדרא)
JBA
Dpaˁˁelto cut off (pl.)3 senses▶
1
to cut off (pl.)
JLAtg, Syr, Man
TgJ Jer2:20↗ מִצַורֵיכוֹן פַסֵיקִית חֲנָקֵיכוּן‏ : I cut off your choke-ropes from your necks ; P Ju1:6↗ ܘܦܣܩܘ ܟܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܘܕܪ̈ܓܠܘܗܝ‏
(1)
to cut short
Syr
ES3 349:13 ܣܪܗܒ ܡܘܬܐ ܦܣܩ ܚܝܝ̈܂ ܘܲܠ݂ܚܐ ܨܘܪܬܝ ܘܗܓܡ ܘܫܕܢܝ ܒܓܘ ܩܒܪܐ‏ : death was quick to cut my life short, wash away and destroy my form, and cast me into the grave
2
to cut through, cut apart
JLAtg, Gal, Sam, Syr, JBAg, Man
TgJ Ez17:9↗ יָת שוּרשַה יְפַסִיק‏ : he cuts its root ; HippAp 31(17)↗ ܠܡܦܣܩܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܘܪܝܕܐ‏ : to cut their vein ; Anan 72:1↗ פסוקי אתרוגא‏ : cutting the citron
(1)
to cut into pieces
Syr
P Ex34:13↗ ܘܕܚ̈ܠܬܗܘܢ ܦܣ݁ܩ‏ ; P Ju6:25↗ ܘܐܣܬܪܐ ܕܩܝܡܐ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܦܣܩ‏ ; P Mk5:4↗ ܘܣܘ݂ܛܡܸܐ̈ ܡܦ݂ܲܣܸܩ ܗܼܘܵܐ‏ : he cut apart the fetters
3
to decide a case (pl.?)
Syr
PsC 148:4 ܕܝܢܐ ܂܂܂ ܢܦܲܣܩܘܢ‏
Cˀafˁelto divide, to sever3 senses▶
1
to divide, to sever
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, JBA
TgJ 1Sam24:22↗ וְלָא תַפסֵיק יָת שְמִי מִבֵית אַבָא‏ : do not cut off my name from my father's house ; BT BB 111b(21)↗ סכינא חריפתא מפסקא קראי‏ : a 'sharp knife' can 'cut up' biblical verses (for exegetical purposes)
2
to interrupt, make stop
Gal, JBA, LJLA
PTBik 65.c:40[2]↗ ר׳ אחא מפסיק וקאים‏ : PN used to interrupt (his study) and stand up ; BT Pes 56a(16)↗ דלא הוו מפסקי בין שמע לואהבת‏ : that they did not used to pause between (saying) the Shema and ואהבת ; TgTosPr 1Sam.18:19var.↗ דויד לא אפסיד"אפסיק" קליה‏
(1)
to take last meal before a fast
JBA
BT Ket 63a(24)↗ לא מר איפסיק ולא מר איפסיק‏ : neither this one nor that one stopped eating
3
to bestow
Sam
Marqe 1.189↗ \הארץ דיאבת/ארעא דאפסק/ לתלתי שלמיה‏ : the land I gave/he bestowed/ to the three perfect ones
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be cut off3 senses▶
1
to be cut off
Common Aramaic
P Je10:20↗ ܟܘܠܗܘܢ ܛܘܢ̈ܒܘܗܝ݂ ܐܬܦܣ݁ܩܘ‏ : all its ropes were cut ; P StDan(1)2:5 ↗ ܗܕܡ ܗܕܡ ܬܬܦܣܩܘܢ‏ : you will be cut apart limb by limb ; ShPDm 316 ↗ biamamia ḏataitun mia ulapsiqtun : in the seas that you came, O water, and were not cut off
(1)
to be broken off
Syr, JBA
P Job8:14↗ ܘܢܬܦܣܩ ܬܘܟܠܢܗ‏ : his confidence will be broken ; BT Ḥul 51a(37)↗ ודילמ׳ חוט השדרה איפסיק לה‏ : perhaps its spinal cord was severed
(2)
to be castrated
Syr
Ar 12:5 text not cited
(3)
to be excommunicated
Syr
Rie 48:11, 48:14 ܢܬܦ݂ܣܩ ܡܢ ܥܕܬܐ ܂܂܂ ܘܢܬܦܣܩ ܟܠ ܟܠܗ ܐܦ ܡܢ ܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ‏ : he shall be excommunicated from the church ... and totally excommunicated even from (social) intercourse
(4)
(road) to be blocked
Syr
JARS<sup>3</sup> 29:6 ܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܐܬܘ ܒܗ݀ ܐܬܦܣܩܬ̤ ܠܓܡܪ‏ : the road they had come on was totally cut off
(5)
to be loosened, cut into pieces
Syr
Med 199:2 ܗܝ݁ ܕܲܣܢܝ݂ܩܵܐ ܕܬܸܬ݂ܩܲܛܲܢ ܘܬܸܬ݂ܦܣܸܩ‏ : that (phlegm) that needs to be lessened and loosened
(6)
(group) to be split up
Sam
Marqe 1.1024↗ אפסקו חכימיה ביני קהלה‏ : the sages split up among the congregation
2
to be defined
Syr
MiS 594b:2 text not cited
(1)
to be established, determined
Syr, JBAg
ESEccl 129:1↗ ܒܗ݀ܘ ܝܘܡܐ ܕܒܗ ܐܬܦ݂ܣܩ ܕܢܡܘܬ‏ : on the day it had been determined for him to die ; TGAs27(1) 22.1.32↗ מאי דאיפסיק ליה מן דינא‏
3
to be interposed
JBA
BT Ket 17a(25)↗ כי נח נפשיה איפסיק עמודא דנורא‏ : when he passed away a pillar of fire was interposed
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be stopped2 senses▶
1
to be stopped
Syr, Man
EChe 1 8:14=42:3 ܒܟܐܒܐ ܚܣܝܢܐ ܕܫܥܠܐ ܡܬܦܣܩ ܗܘܐ‏ : he had been stopped (from eating) by the severe pain of a cough
2
to be cut to pieces
Man
JohnBook 17:14↗ uˁtpasaq iatria ḏqaštatun : their bowstrings were cut
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Sam. also: בסק ; JLAtg G ptcp. sg. abs. פָסִיק
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1212[583]DJPA: 441aDJBA: 919aJastrow: 1200Drower/Macuch: 375bJ. Payne-Smith: 452fLevy Ch-W: 2:279Tal Sam: 693DNWSI: 923DCPA[Schulthess]: 336[160]

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