פִּנְגּוּס, (transp. of pignus) pledge deposited with the creditor, the usufruct of which remained the debtor’s (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Pignus). Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 1 (ref. to Is. XLV, 19) [read:] לא אמרתי לזרע יעקב לאלו אני נותנה ולא תהו בקשוני לא נתתיה פ׳ וכ׳ I did not say, ‘to the seed of Jacob’, to them only will I give the Law (and not to other nations), nor (did I say,) ‘seek me for naught’, I have not given it as a pledge (of which you cannot have the usufruct), … long before I gave you the commands, have I advanced to you the reward for them &c.; Yalk. Ex. 275; Yalk. Is. 325 (omitting לאלו אני נותנה ולא).