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prsh, prstˀ (parsā, parsəṯā) n.f. hoof
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hoof
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Deut14:7↗ מִמַסקֵי פִשרָא וֻמִסדִיקֵי פַרסְתָא‏ : of those that regurgitate the cud and of those with cloven hoof ; TN Lev11:26↗ לכל בעירא דהוא פריס פרסה‏ : every animal that has cloven hoof ; SamTgJ Lev11:26↗ כל בהמתה דהי מפרסה פרסה‏ ; AphDem5.81:20↗ ܘܐܘܒܫ ܒܦܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܕܪ̈ܟܫܝ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܥܡܝ̈ܩܐ‏ : I shall dry up all the deep rivers with my horses hooves ; P Lv11:3↗ ܟܠ ܕܨܪܝܐ ܦܪܣܬܗ‏ : every one with cloven hoof ; P 2K19:24↗ ܒܦܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܕܪ̈ܟܫܝ‏ ; PJ Deut14:8↗ חזירא ארום סדיק פרסתא הוא‏
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horseshoe (?)
Syr
ThMarg 1:280:7 ܩܸܥܪܲܬ̤ ܦܪܣܬܐ ܕܪܓܠܹܗ ܘܲܢܕܵܬ̤ ܡܢ ܕܘܟ݁ܬܲܗ݀ ܘܐܲܥܠܵܗ‏ : (the mule's) leg's shoe was injured and dislodged
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hoof beat, gait (?)
Gal
EchR[1]50(9)↗ עד ארבעה מילין פרסתיה דגמלא נכירא‏ : up to four miles (away) a camel's gait is recognizable
2
sole of the foot
JLAtg, Syr, JBAmb, LJLA
TgJ Is37:25↗ וֻטפַחִית בְפַרסַת רַגלֵי עַמָא דְעִמִי‏ : I struck with the soles of the fee of the people with me ; P Sirach 38:29↗ ܦܚܪܐ ܕܝܬܒ ܥܠ ܓܝܓܠܐ܂ ܘܡܙܝܥ ܒܦܪܣܬܗ ܡܐܢܐ‏ : the potter sitting at the wheel moving the vessel with his foot ; JBAmb 133:10 מן קודקא דמוחיה ועד פרסת רגליה‏ ; PJ Deut28:65↗ ולא יהוי מנח לפרסת ריגליכון‏ : the soles of the feet will have no resting place
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bottom spur of a threshing sledge
Syr
P Is28:28↗ ܒܦܪ̈ܣܘܗܝ ܢܕܩܘܢܗ‏ : he will crush it with his spurs
3
sandal
Syr
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Syr. pl. ܦܲܪ̈ܣܹܐ܂ ܦܲܪ̈ܣܵܬܵܐ‏
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That this word might also mean the shoe installed on the hoof of an equid is suggested by the vocalization of and use of the word ܘܐܲܥܠܵܗܿ‏ the text cited from ThMarg.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1246[600]DJPA: 449aDJBA: 937aJastrow: 1233J. Payne-Smith: 463

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