Pili is plural for pilus or pee lus, so these pili.

Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark let it look for light, but have none neither let it see the dawning of the day

Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.

And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

And my arms ached to hold him, but I dared not even touch the hem of his garment.

There was hemming and hawing and shuffling of feet, and then one of the white workers stepped forward and said,

Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment

And so when you transfer stuff via this pilus, or the plural is pili, this is called conjugation, bacterial conjugation.

Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue

Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue

Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment and as many as touched him were made well.

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment and as many as touched him were made whole.

There was hemming and hawing and shuffling of feet, and then one of the white workers stepped forward and said, Well, yeah. We ve looked at this place and there's only one place to sleep, there's only one place to eat, there's only one bathroom, there's only one water fountain. Is this plant going to be integrated or what?