פִּיקּוּחַ, (פָּקַח) removing debris; פ׳ נפש removing a person from under debris, in gen. saving an endangered life. Keth. 5ᵃ מפקחין פ׳ נפש בשבת you must remove debris to save a life on the Sabbath. Ib. 15ᵇ אין הולכין בפ׳ נ׳ אחר הרוב as to saving life (on the Sabbath), we do not judge by the majority of the residents of a place (whether the person in the ruins is or is not presumably a Jew); Yoma 84ᵇ. Ib. 85ᵃ מנין לפ׳ נ׳ שדוחה וכ׳ whence is it proven that the duty of saving life supersedes the Sabbath laws? Keth. 19ᵃ אין לך דבר שעומד בפני פ׳ נ׳ וכ׳ there is nothing (no religious law) that stands before (must not yield to) the duty of saving life, except three things: idolatry, incest and bloodshed (which you dare not commit even to save your life); Yoma 82ᵃ; a. fr.