פָּסוּק, (פָּסַק) [division, interval,] Biblical verse. Yeb. 16ᵇ פ׳ זה שר וכ׳ this verse (Ps. XXXVII, 25) has been said by the archangel of the world. Snh. 99ᵃ אפי׳ אמר … חוץ מפ׳ זה even if one says, the whole Torah is from heaven, except this one verse; a. v. fr.—Pl. פְּסוּקִים, פְּסוּקִין. Taan. 27ᵇ הקורא בתורה … משלשה פ׳ he who reads from the Law, must read no less than three verses. Meg. 22ᵃ אין מתחילין בפרשה … פ׳ in reading from a section of the Torah you must not begin with less than three verses, i.e. you must begin with at least the fourth verse from the beginning of the section. Kidd. 30ᵃ חמשת … פ׳ הוו פְסוּקֵי ספר תורה וכ׳ the number of verses of the Book of the Law (Pentateuch) is 5888; ib. והתגלח (חציין) של פ׳ the verse beginning with v’hithgallaḥ (Lev. XIII, 33) marks the middle of the verses of the Pentateuch; Yalk. Deut. 855 (needs emend.). Lev. R. s. 6 בארי לא נתנבא אלא שני פ׳ וכ׳ Beeri prophesied no more than two verses, … and they were attached to the book of Isaiah; a. v. fr.—[Sifré Num. 131 מתחת פסוקין, v. פְּסִיקְיָא.]