פּוּלְחָן, (sometimes f.) (פְּלַח) servitude, service. Targ. Ez. XXIX, 18. Targ. Deut. XXVI, 6 (O. ed. Vien. פָּלְ׳); a. fr.—Esp. priestly service, Temple service, worship. Targ. Y. Ex. XXIV, 5; a. fr.—Targ. Y. Num. XXIII, 1, a. e. פ׳ נוכראה = h. עבודה זרה, idolatry.—Y. Ber. IV, beg. 7ᵃ (ref. to פלח. Dan. VI, 17) (in Hebr. dict.) וכי יש פ׳ בבבל וכ׳ was there Temple service in Babylonia? But … it means prayer.