פִּסְקָה f. (פָּסַק) 1) subscription, collection. Deut. R. s. 4 עשה שם ר"ל פ׳ וכ׳ (some ed. פסקא) Resh Laḳish arranged there a subscription, and he (Abin) gave as much as the entire assembly. —2) division, esp. hemistich, half-verse. Num. R. s. 13 (ref. to Ps. XIX, 8-10) [read:] שלשה פסוקים … והן מן שתים שתים פִּסְקוֹת וכל פ׳ ופ׳ מן וכ׳ three verses … each consisting of two hemistichs, and each hemistich containing five words.—Pl. פִּסְקוֹת. Ib.