Schwally Idiot. 124 from II. פסח , of sacred dance ) ;— abs. פ׳ Ex 12:11 +; פָּ˜סַח
v
21
+;
pl.
פְּסָחִים
2 Ch 30:17
+
3 times;—
1.
sacrifice of passover
, involving communion-meal, hence a species of peace-offering (
cf.
I
.
זֶבַח
II. 2
),
זֶבַח פ׳ הוא לי׳
Ex 12:27
(
J
),
cf.
v
11
(
P
);
זָבַח פ׳
Dt 16:
2,
5
,
6
;
אכל הפ׳
2 Ch 30:1
8; the special feature lay in the application of blood to homes to consecrate them;
cf.
sim. Bab.
rite of purification
Zim
ib. ii. 126–7
.
2.
the animal victim of the passover:
שׁחט פ׳
Ex 12:21
(
J
)
2 Ch 30:15
;
35:1
,
6
,
11 Ez 6:2
0,
cf.
2 Ch 30:1
7;
בשׁל הפ׳ באשׁ
2 Ch 35:1
3;
לפסחים
2 Ch 35:
7,
8
,
9
. [Passover animals (
cf.
Br
Hex. 206) were
צֹאן
flock
Ex 12:21
(
J
),
שֶׂה
v
3,
4
,
5
, incl.
כֶּבֶשׁ
and
עֵז
v
5
(
P
);
צאן ובקר
Dt 16:
2; large numbers of all these (
שֶׂה
not used) in Josiah’s passover, according to
2 Ch 35:7
,
8
,
9
, but evident mingling of whole burnt-offerings for the passover with special passover victim.]
3.
festival of the passover:
חג הפ׳
Ex 34:25
(
J
);
(ה)פ׳
Lv 23:5 Nu 28:1
6;
33:3 Jos 5:11
(
P
)
Ez 45:21
;
חֻקַּת הפ׳
Ex 12:43 Nu 9:1
2,
14
(
P
);
עשׂה פ׳
Ex 12:48 Nu 9:
2,
4
,
5
,
6
,
10
,
13
,
14 Jos 5:10
(
P
)
Dt 16:1 2 K 23:2
1,
22
,
23 2 Ch 30:
1,
2
,
5
;
35:1
,
16
,
17
,
18
(×2),
19 Ezr 6:1
9; it was held in month
הָאָבִיב
Dt 16:
1,
בָּעָ˜רֶב
v
6; on 14th day
Jos 5:10
(
P
), of 1st month
Ez 45:21
;
בֵּין הערבים
(
Ex 12:6
)
Lv 23:5 Nu 9:5
(
P
); if impossible at that time, then on 14th of 2nd month
Nu 9:10
,
12
. [No ref. to
פֶּסַח
in
E
;
J
subordinates it to
מַצֹּות
(the great feast of JE); in
D
it predom. over
מצות
;
P
makes it first in importance (
Br
Hex. 195 f.).]
• תִּפְסַח S 8607 GK 9527 n.pr.loc. on Euphrates ( prob. ford (though Lag BN 131 doubts); Lewy Fremdw. 146 cp. Λάµψακος (on Bosphorus), expl. as לַפֶּסַח ) ;— 1 K 5:4 , NE. limit of Sol.’s dominion; = Gk. Θάψακος Xenoph
Anab. i. 4 etc.; identif. with Kal’at Dibse , at the great easterly bend of the river, c. Lat. 35 ° 55 ˊ N, Long. 38 ° 20 ˊ E, JPPeters Nation, May 23, 1889; Nippur i. 96 ff.
Gloss. glossary, rarely = a gloss. Schwally F. Schwally, Idioticon d. Chr. Pal. sim. simile.
Br
circa.,
Higher Criticism of the hexateuch;
E
Elohist.
n.pr.loc.
nomen proprium loci,
proper name of place.
Lewy
H. Lewy,
Semitische Fremdwörter im Griechischen
.
Xenoph
Xenophon.
°
superfluous.