פיגול
Hebrew
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| פ־ג־ל (p-g-l) |
Noun
[edit]פיגול / פִּגּוּל • (pigúl) m (plural indefinite פיגולים / פִּגּוּלִים, singular construct פיגול־, plural construct פיגולי־) [pattern: קִטּוּל]
- An abhorred thing; a vile thing; an abominable thing.
- Tanach, Leviticus 7:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְאִם הֵאָכֹל יֵאָכֵל מִבְּשַׂר זֶבַח שְׁלָמָיו בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לֹא יֵרָצֶה הַמַּקְרִיב אֹתוֹ לֹא יֵחָשֵׁב לוֹ פִּגּוּל יִהְיֶה וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ הָאֹכֶלֶת מִמֶּנּוּ עֲוֹנָהּ תִּשָּׂא
- And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be at all eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it; it shall be an abhorred thing, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
- Tanach, Leviticus 19:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְאִם הֵאָכֹל יֵאָכֵל בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי פִּגּוּל הוּא לֹא יֵרָצֶה
- And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is a vile thing; it shall not be accepted.
- Tanach, Isaiah 65:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- הַיֹּשְׁבִים בַּקְּבָרִים וּבַנְּצוּרִים יָלִינוּ הָאֹכְלִים בְּשַׂר הַחֲזִיר [וּמְרַק] פִּגֻּלִים כְּלֵיהֶם
- That sit among the graves, And lodge in the vaults; That eat swine's flesh, And broth of abominable things is in their vessels
- (Jewish law) a sacrifice rejectable in consequence of an improper intention in the mind of the officiating priest.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Zevachim 28a:
- "פיגול" -- זהו חוץ למקומו
- Piggul refers to the intended disposal beyond the legal limits of space (for eating the sacrifice).
References
[edit]- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1159
Further reading
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פיגול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
