פִּיל ², ; שן דפ׳, or פ׳ (sub. שן) ivory. Targ. I Kings X, 22. Ib. XXII, 39; a. e.—Y. Shebu. III, 34ᵈ bot., a. e., v. עֲנִיבָה II. Ber. 55ᵇ bot. דלא מחוו ליה … ולא פ׳ דעייל וכ׳ man is never shown in a dream a golden palm tree or an elephant passing through a needle’s eye (man dreams only of what he thinks of when awake). B. Mets. 38ᵇ דילמא … דמעיילין פ׳ art thou perhaps of Pumb’ditha where they make an elephant pass through a needle’s eye (are subtle)? Num. R. s. 10; Lev. R. s. 5, v. עַרְסָא; a. e.—Pl. פִּילַיָּא, constr. פִּילֵי. Targ. Cant. VI, 8. Targ. Nah. II, 4 (h. text פלדות!).