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פילי n.f. city gate, entrance (< πύλη Lehnw 447; MH 2 פילי ib.) 1. city gate: a. general: sg. TNGl Gen 19:1 [H שער ]; סוגרון פילי close the gate! BR 690:1; קודם פילי before the gate ib.; מן דמטון פילי when they reached the gate Yeb 12d(15) // Sab 8a(49); KohR 9b(30); EchRB 51:2; ib. 67:4; כיון דנפקון מן פילי as soon as they went out of the gate ib. 49:26; SR 20c(17); חד חייט דיתיב על פילי a tailor who was sitting on the gate EchRB 44:9; פילי קרתיה his town's gate KohR 15c(2); מינפק כתב על תרע פילי on his way out, he wrote on the gate VRG 619:5 // PRK 148:14; בתרע פילי דההיא מדינתא EchR 46:25; ib. 44:12; pl. פילוותא FTP Dt 20:11; b. w. a designation: פילי דפנייס BR 689:7; פילי מערביתא דנפקא ללוד the western gate (of Jerusalem) which leads to Lydda EchRB 68:12; gates of Beisan: פילי דקמפון the Gate of the Field Rehov 6; פילי דזיירה the Gate of the Press Tub(?) ib. 7; פילי דסכותה Gate of the Unctarium ib.; פילי דזבלייה the Dung Gate ib. 8; 2. entrance: sg. פילי דמערתא the entrance of the cave KohR 26d(35) // EstR 7a(21) 