פִּינְקֵס, c. (πίναξ) board, tablet, esp. (πίνακες) the folded writing tablets; register, list. Sabb. XII, 4, v. לוּחַ II. Ib. 5 על שני דפי פ׳ on two boards of a pinax (Rashi: two columns on one tablet). Nidd. 30ᵇ the embryo in the womb דומה לפ׳ שמקופל resembles in position a folded pinax. Gen. R. s. 69 (ref. to Gen. XXVIII, 13) קפלה כפ׳ ונתנה וכ׳ he (the Lord) folded it (the land) like a pinax and placed it under his (Jacob’s) head; a. fr.—Esp. the merchant’s accounts, book. Ab. III, 16 הפ׳ פתוח והיד וכ׳ the book of (God’s) accounts lies open, and the hand writes, and whosoever wishes to borrow may come and borrow &c. Shebu. VII, 1 החנוני על פִּינַקְסוֹ Y. ed. (Mish. a. Bab. ed. פנ׳), v. חֶנְוָונִי. Ib. כתוב בפִינַקְסִי וכ׳ Y. ed. (Mish. a. Bab. על פנ׳) it is written in my book that thou owest me &c. Y. Ned. I, 36ᵈ פינקסו נפתחת his account book is open (his sins will be visited); ib. פינקסתו (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 81, v. בָּקַר; a. fr.—Pl. פִּינַקְסִין, פִּינַקְסָאוֹת, פִּינַקְסָיוֹת, פִּנַ׳. Kel. XXIV, 7, v. אִפּוֹפּוֹדִין. Gen. R. s. 1 דיפתראות ופ׳ יש לו he (the builder) has before him rolls and tablets (plans and descriptions). Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵃ bot. שלש פ׳ וכ׳ there are three books (before the Lord), one for the perfectly righteous &c. (Bab. ib. 16ᵇ ספרים); a. e.