פלפל

Aramaic

Etymology

See Aramaic פלפלא

Noun

פלפל • (pelpel) m (plural פלפלין)

  1. alternative form of פלפלא
    • 3rd-1st centuries 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)
2 terms

Attested in Mishnaic Hebrew, from Classical Persian پلپل (pilpil), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”), likely via Aramaic פלפל, פלפלא.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
    • 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]
  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)
2 terms

Alternative forms

Verb

פִּלְפֵּל • (pilpél) (pi'el construction)

  1. to pepper, to spice with pepper
  2. to debate for a long time
Conjugation
Conjugation of פילפל / פִּלְפֵּל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְפַלְפֵּל
action noun פילפול / פִּלְפּוּל
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first פילפלתי / פִּלְפַּלְתִּי פילפלנו / פִּלְפַּלְנוּ
second פילפלת / פִּלְפַּלְתָּ פילפלת / פִּלְפַּלְתְּ פילפלתם / פִּלְפַּלְתֶּם פילפלתן / פִּלְפַּלְתֶּן
third פילפל / פִּלְפֵּל פילפלה / פִּלְפְּלָה פילפלו / פִּלְפְּלוּ
present מְפַלְפֵּל מְפַלְפֶּלֶת מְפַלְפְּלִים מְפַלְפְּלוֹת
future first אֲפַלְפֵּל נְפַלְפֵּל
second תְּפַלְפֵּל תְּפַלְפְּלִי תְּפַלְפְּלוּ תְּפַלְפֵּלְנָה1
third יְפַלְפֵּל תְּפַלְפֵּל יְפַלְפְּלוּ תְּפַלְפֵּלְנָה1
imperative positive פַּלְפֵּל פַּלְפְּלִי פַּלְפְּלוּ פַּלְפֵּלְנָה1
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

See also

  • התפלפל (hitpalpél)

References

  1. ^ Trans. William Davidson
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