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pṣl (a/u) vb. to split
GDGtDt
Gpəˁalto split, divide2 senses▶
1
to split, divide
Gal, Syr, JBAg
PTBes 63.a:26[2]↗ חמון לחד בר נש פצל מיא לכא ולכא ושתי‏ : they saw a man dividing the water into two parts and drinking ; Sahd 356:17 ܘܦܨ݁ܠ ܘܡܲܩܸܠ ܢܦ̈ܫܬܢ ܡܢ ܒܣܪܐ‏ : he splits off and removes our souls from the flesh ; IshGen 77:26↗ ܐܦ ܒܚܘܝܐ ܚܕ ܗ݂ܘ ܥܩܪܐ ܕܠܫܢܗ ܘܒܫܘܠܡܗ ܦܨܝܠ ܘܦܪܝܫ‏ : also with the serpent, the base of its tongue is single, but at its end it is split and separated ; HG3 155:38 ופציל לתלתה‏ : the sinew) is divided into three parts
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to spread out (wings)
Syr
Cyrillona 1:169↗ ܠܐ ܦ݂ܨܠܘ ܠܓܦ̈ܝܗܘܢ‏
2
to open a way through
Syr
ESSerm4 67:v897 ܦܨܠܬ ܗܘܬ ܓܒܪ̈ܐ ܘܢܫ̈ܐ | ܘܥܠܬ ܢܦܠܬ ܥܠ ܚܕܝܗ‏ : she opened a way through men and women and came in and fell on her breast
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to make one's way through
Syr
Chran1 330:18↗ ܘܦܨܠܗ݀ ܣܘܪܝܐ ܘܠܦܠܐܣܛܝܢܝ‏ : he made his way through Syria and Palestine ; IshGen 40:22↗ ܦܪܚܐ ܘܛܝܣܐ ܟܕ ܨܪܝܐ ܘܦܨܠܐ ܠܐܐܪ‏ : a bird and raptor when it splits and moves through the air
Dpaˁˁelto divide up, distribute2 senses▶
1
to divide up, distribute
Man
Coronation 20↗ uhaizak nipaṣil ˁuṣṭlia hadtia lšualia : then he should divide up the new cloaks to the apprentices
2
to peel [BH]
PTA
TN Gen30:38↗ חוטריא די פצל‏ : the rods he had peeled
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be split apart1 sense▶
to be split apart
JBA
BT Yom 71b(29)↗ עמרא, מבציל, כיתנא נמי מבציל‏ : wool can be split apart, flax also can be split apart ; BT Ḥul 59b(12)↗ היכא דלא מיפצלי‏ : where (the horns) are not split
(1)
to be branched off
JBA
BT Ḥul 93a(27)↗ תלתא מפצלי לתרי תרי, תרי מפצלי לתלתא תלתא‏ : the three (sinews) branch into two each, the two branch into three each
(2)
to be separated
Syr
Geop 38:30↗ ܢܬܦܨܠܘܢ ܓܒ̈ܐ ܣܬܐ ܡܢ ܚ̈ܕܕܐ‏ : the two sides of the vine should be kept separated from one another
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be separated1 sense▶
to be separated
SyrLex
BBah 1199:7↗ text not cited
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See also s.v. bcl vb. and pcl #2 vb..
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1219[587]DJPA: 442aDJBA: 924aJastrow: 1205Drower/Macuch: 376bJ. Payne-Smith: 454BarBahlul: 339:2; 1199:7

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