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Hebrew
pāḳam - to prick an animal's mouth with the bit
(Jastrow 1209)
pB.
Reconstruction
PCS
*pVḳVm-
- (animal's) mouth, muzzle
(SED I No. 214)
Scarce attestation, only in Hbr. pB. (a derived verb), Arb. and Soq.; the latter can be an Arabism — see, however, difference in vocalic structure.