פיגול

Hebrew

Root
פ־ג־ל (p-g-l)

Noun

פיגול / פִּגּוּל • (pigúl) m (plural indefinite פיגולים / פִּגּוּלִים, singular construct פיגול־, plural construct פיגולי־) [pattern: קִטּוּל]

1. 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

2. (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

• 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

• פיגול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he