פֶּגַע, preced.) contact, accident, (evil) occurence; affliction, plague. Ber. 17ᵃ ותצילני מפ׳ רע and save me from meeting with evil; a. e.—Pl. פְּגָעִים, פְּגָעִין evil spirits. Shebu. 15ᵇ (expl. בשיר, Mish. ib. II, 2) the song of thanksgiving (Ps. XXX) ושיר של פ׳ וכ׳ and the song referring to evil spirits (Ps. XCI, 1—9), and some call it song of n’gaʿim (plagues, with ref. to ונגע, ib. 10); Y. Erub. X, 26ᶜ bot. אומרין היו שיר של פ׳ וכ׳ they used to recite the ‘song of demons’ in Jerusalem (in the Temple, when one was threatened with insanity); Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ top שיר פגועין, the song for the stricken. Midr. Till. to Ps. XCI שיר של פ׳ היה אומר משה וכ׳ Moses recited the ninety-first psalm on ascending the heavens, when he said &c.