פְּשַׁר I ch. same 1) to melt, be dissolved. Targ. O. Ex. XVI, 21.—Trnsf. (of a charm) to vanish, be broken. Snh. 67ᵇ כי מטא לאשקויי מייא פ׳ וכ׳ when he came (to a river) to let the ass drink, it disappeared (the charm was broken), and there stood a landing board (v. אוּסְקָנִיתָא). —2) [to dissolve,] to chew the cud. Targ. Y. Lev. XI, 7. Targ. Deut. XIV, 8. —3) to solve a riddle or a dream; to interpret. Targ. Gen. XL, 16. Ib. XLI, 12; a. fr. (in O. ed. Berl. interch. with Pa.).—Lam. R. to I, 1 דלמא דאתון (חדא איתתא) רבתי חכימין למִיפְשַׁר חלמא וכ׳ do you understand how to interpret a dream which I had as well as your master?; a. e.
    Pa. - פַּשֵּׁר 1) to disengage, tear loose. Pesik. Shek., p. 11ᵃ דאת מְפַשֵּׁר לה וכ׳ (not ליה) which thou makest loose here &c., v. preced. a. סִירְתָּא; Yalk. Prov. 953; Yalk. Ex. 386.—Snh. l. c. פַּשְּׁרָה לה (Ms. K. פַּשַּׁרְתָּהּ) she released (disenchanted) her. —2) to solve (a riddle), interpret (a dream). Targ. O. Gen. XLI, 15 וּמְפַשַּׁר ed. Berl. (ed. Amst. לְמִפְשַׁר). Ib. XL, 16; a. fr. (v. supra).—Targ. Cant. II, 5 (some ed. מַפְשַׁר Af.).—Yoma 28ᵇ הוא חלים והוא מפשר did he dream and himself interpret?, i.e. did he answer his own query? Ber. 56ᵃ מפשר חלמי הוה was an interpreter of dreams; ib. מפשר ליה וכ׳, v. גְּרִיעוּתָא. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד כות׳ 1) חד … עביד נפשיה מפשר חלמין a certain Samaritan professed to be an interpreter of dreams; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְפַשַּׁר. Ber. 55ᵇ חלמא דלא מפ׳ וכ׳ a dream not interpreted is like a letter not read (has no effect). —3) to release, settle with. Y. Keth. X, end, 34ᵃ [read as Asheri to Keth. 91ᵇ:] קום פַּשֵּׁר (or פַּשְּׁרִין) rise and settle with me; יכיל מומר ליה פַּשְּׁרִין ואי טרף טרף he may say to him, settle with me, and if he (the prior creditor) should seize (what you give me in settlement), he may seize it. Pesik. Shub., p. 164ᵇ פשר פריטך settle thy account; a. e.
    Ithpa. - אִתְפַּשִּׁר to be released. Ib. עד זמן דמִתְפַּשּׁר פריטוי until he has redeemed his debt; וכיון דנתפשר וכ׳ (read: דאתפשר) and when his account was settled (v. סְפַן).