פִּלְפּוּלָא, Ned. 38ᵃ פ׳ בעלמא only deductions by argument (were given to Moses exclusively, and he communicated them to the people). Y. Ter. IV, 42ᵈ מפִּילְפּוּל חבירייא שמעית הא I learned this from the students’ arguments. Erub. 67ᵃ רב ששת מרתע … מפִּילְפּוּלֵיה וכ׳ R. Sh. trembled all over his body, when R. H. argued. Keth. 103ᵇ אם … מהדרני ליה מפִּילְפּוּלִי if, God forefend, the Law should be forgotten in Israel, I could restore it by my argumentation; B. Mets. 85ᵇ; a. e.