פלפל

Aramaic

Etymology

See Aramaic פלפלא

Noun

פלפל • (pelpel) m (plural פלפלין)

  1. alternative form of פלפלא
    • 3rd-1st centruries BCE, Aramaic Book of Enoch, (fragments from Qumran: 4QEne.Transcription - Photo).[1]:
      [אחז]ית טורין אחרנין
      [―― נ]רד טב וצפר וקרדמן֗ [ופ]לפלין
      ... I was shown other mountains
      [plentiful with] choice nard, mastic, cardamom, and pepper.

References

  1. ^ Józef Milik, editor (1976), The books of Enoch: Aramaic fragments of Qumrân cave 4, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN

Hebrew

Alternative forms

  • פִּלְפָּל (pilpál)

Etymology 1

Root
פ־ל־פ־ל (p-l-p-l)
3 terms

Attested in Mishnaic Hebrew, from Persian پلپل (pelpel), likely via Aramaic פלפל, פלפלא.

    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Shabbat, section 6.5:
      יוֹצְאָה אִשָּׁה בְחוּטֵי שֵׂעָר, בֵּין מִשֶּׁלָּהּ בֵּין מִשֶּׁל חֲבֶרְתָּהּ בֵּין מִשֶּׁל בְּהֵמָה, ... לֶחָצֵר. ... בְּפִלְפֵּל וּבְגַרְגִּיר מֶלַח וּבְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁתִּתֵּן לְתוֹךְ פִּיהָ, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא תִתֵּן לְכַתְּחִלָּה בְשַׁבָּת.
      A woman may go out with strands of hair that she put on her head, whether they are from her own hair that she made into a wig, or whether they are from the hair of another, or whether they are from the hair of an animal. ... to the courtyard, ... [She may go out on Shabbat] with pepper, or with a grain of salt, or anything placed in her mouth [for healing or for preventing bad odor?], as long as she does not put [these objects in her mouth] for the first time on Shabbat.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

פִּלְפֵּל • (pilpél) m (plural indefinite פִּלְפְּלִים, singular construct פִּלְפֵּל־, plural construct פִּלְפְּלֵי־)

  1. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
  2. pepper (spice made of berries)
Declension
Declension of פִּלְפֵּל
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite פִּלְפֵּל first פִּלְפֵּלִי פִּלְפֵּלֵנוּ
definite הַפִּלְפֵּל second פִּלְפֵּלְךָ פִּלְפֵּלֵךְ פִּלְפֵּלְכֶם פִּלְפֵּלְכֶן
construct פִּלְפֵּל־ third פִּלְפֵּלוֹ פִּלְפֵּלָהּ פִּלְפֵּלָם פִּלְפֵּלָן
plural indefinite פִּלְפְּלִים first פלפליי / פִּלְפְּלַי פִּלְפְּלֵינוּ
definite הַפִּלְפְּלִים second פִּלְפְּלֶיךָ פלפלייך / פִּלְפְּלַיִךְ פִּלְפְּלֵיכֶם פִּלְפְּלֵיכֶן
construct פִּלְפְּלֵי־ third פִּלְפְּלָיו פִּלְפְּלֶיהָ פִּלְפְּלֵיהֶם פִּלְפְּלֵיהֶן
Derived terms
Further reading

Etymology 2

Root
פ־ל־פ־ל (p-l-p-l)
3 terms

Verb

פִּלְפֵּל • (pilpél) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of פילפל

References

  1. ^ Trans. William Davidson
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