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סָפַח(b. h.) to grow, swell, be added to. Pi. סִפֵּחַ 1) to add, esp. (of a river) to cast out alluvial soil, make new land Gen. R. s. 13 על הנהר שמְסַפֵּחַ למדינהוכ׳ when a river ameliorates the soil of a district, we say the blessing etc.; Y.Ber.IX, 14a מספיק (corr. acc.). 2) to join, conspire. Tanḥ. Thazr. 11 (play on ספחת, Lev. 13:2) שהיה המן מספח עםוכ׳ Haman conspired with Ahasver to destroy etc. 3) (v. סַפַּחַת) to smite with sores. Pesik. Vattom., p. 133a> (ref. to ושׂפח, Is. 3:17) ואין ספח אלא צרעת sippaḥ means striking with leprosy; Tanḥ. l. c. אינ ושִׂפַּחוכ׳; Lev. R. s. 16 הלקן בצרעת. Nithpa. נִסְתַּפֵּחַ to attach ones self, become a citizen. Ruth R. to I, 1 end שהניחו ישראל ונִסְתַּפְּחוּוכ׳ they left Israel and became citizens in the fields of Moab.

סָפַח(b. h.) to grow, swell, be added to. Pi. סִפֵּחַ 1) to add, esp. (of a river) to cast out alluvial soil, make new land Gen. R. s. 13 על הנהר שמְסַפֵּחַ למדינהוכ׳ when a river ameliorates the soil of a district, we say the blessing etc.; Y.Ber.IX, 14a מספיק (corr. acc.). 2) to join, conspire. Tanḥ. Thazr. 11 (play on ספחת, Lev. 13:2) שהיה המן מספח עםוכ׳ Haman conspired with Ahasver to destroy etc. 3) (v. סַפַּחַת) to smite with sores. Pesik. Vattom., p. 133a> (ref. to ושׂפח, Is. 3:17) ואין ספח אלא צרעת sippaḥ means striking with leprosy; Tanḥ. l. c. אינ ושִׂפַּחוכ׳; Lev. R. s. 16 הלקן בצרעת. Nithpa. נִסְתַּפֵּחַ to attach ones self, become a citizen. Ruth R. to I, 1 end שהניחו ישראל ונִסְתַּפְּחוּוכ׳ they left Israel and became citizens in the fields of Moab.

סָפַקII (b. h. שָׂפק) to divide, distribute; to supply; to suffice. Mekh. Bshall., Vayass‘a, s. 1 ולא סָפְקוּ אלאוכ׳ and they supplied water for only seventy date trees; כיון … וספקו להם ושנווכ׳ when the Israelites came and six hundred thousand men encamped around them, they supplied them (with drinking water), and this a second and a third time. Pi. סִיפֵּק to supply, furnish. Ib. s. 6 אם מְסַפֵּק לנו צרכנווכ׳ (ed. Weiss מַסְפִּיק, Hif.) if he supplies our wants, we shall serve him B. Mets. IX, 1 (103b) שניהם מְסַפְּקִין את הקנים the two together have to furnish the needed poles. Sot.11b היו מְסַפְּקוֹת להם מים ומזון they supplied them with water and food; a. fr.(Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 לספק לו, v. סְפִיקוּלָא I.V. סִיפּוּק II. Hif. הִסְפִּיק 1) to distribute, supply. Lev. R. s. 4 (ref. to יספוק, Job 34:37) אתה מַסְפִּיק בנינווכ׳ thou distributest thy sins among us, i. e. we have to suffer for thy sins; Yalk. Job 920 משתיק (corr. acc.; Var. משְׂפִּיק). Mekh. l. c., v. supra; a. e. 2) (with ביד) to give sufficient time or power; to allow an opportunity. Ab. V, 18 אין מַסְפִּיקִין בידווכ׳ no time (or opportunity) will be given him to do repentance; Yoma 87a; Tosef. ib. V (IV), 11. Ib. 10 אין מספיקין בידווכ׳ he will be given no opportunity (temptation) to sin; a. fr. 3) to have sufficient time, power ; to succeed, finish. Taan.21a לא הִסְפַּקְתִּי לפרוקוכ׳ I had not yet finished unloading when Y. Ber.IX, 14b bot. לאה׳ לומר עדוכ׳ he had not yet finished saying Shm‘a, when he expired; a. fr.(Ib. 14a מספיק למדינה, v. סָפַח. Hitpa. הִסְתַּפֵּק Nithpa. נִסְתַּפֵּק 1) to be supplied, to supply ones self. Pes.8a במִסְתַּפֵּק when it is a store-room from which supplies are taken for the table; ib. b. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d bot. אבותיכם היו מִסְתַּפְּקִין משלנווכ׳ (not בשלנו) your fathers used to buy supplies (of wine) of our fathers, why do you not buy of us? Y.Dem.III, 23c, a. e. מִסְתַּפֶּקֶת, v. סִידְקִי. Erub.88a אדם עשוי להִסְתַּפֵּק סאתיםוכ׳ a person usually consumes two Sah of water a day (from the supply in the cistern); a. fr.Der. Er. ch. VII ונִסְתַּפְּקוּ they ate and were amply supplied (enjoyed their meal). 2) (cmp. סָפֵק) to be doubtful Y.Yeb.XI, end, 12b נ׳ לו he was in doubt.

סָפַקII (b. h. שָׂפק) to divide, distribute; to supply; to suffice. Mekh. Bshall., Vayass‘a, s. 1 ולא סָפְקוּ אלאוכ׳ and they supplied water for only seventy date trees; כיון … וספקו להם ושנווכ׳ when the Israelites came and six hundred thousand men encamped around them, they supplied them (with drinking water), and this a second and a third time. Pi. סִיפֵּק to supply, furnish. Ib. s. 6 אם מְסַפֵּק לנו צרכנווכ׳ (ed. Weiss מַסְפִּיק, Hif.) if he supplies our wants, we shall serve him B. Mets. IX, 1 (103b) שניהם מְסַפְּקִין את הקנים the two together have to furnish the needed poles. Sot.11b היו מְסַפְּקוֹת להם מים ומזון they supplied them with water and food; a. fr.(Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 לספק לו, v. סְפִיקוּלָא I.V. סִיפּוּק II. Hif. הִסְפִּיק 1) to distribute, supply. Lev. R. s. 4 (ref. to יספוק, Job 34:37) אתה מַסְפִּיק בנינווכ׳ thou distributest thy sins among us, i. e. we have to suffer for thy sins; Yalk. Job 920 משתיק (corr. acc.; Var. משְׂפִּיק). Mekh. l. c., v. supra; a. e. 2) (with ביד) to give sufficient time or power; to allow an opportunity. Ab. V, 18 אין מַסְפִּיקִין בידווכ׳ no time (or opportunity) will be given him to do repentance; Yoma 87a; Tosef. ib. V (IV), 11. Ib. 10 אין מספיקין בידווכ׳ he will be given no opportunity (temptation) to sin; a. fr. 3) to have sufficient time, power ; to succeed, finish. Taan.21a לא הִסְפַּקְתִּי לפרוקוכ׳ I had not yet finished unloading when Y. Ber.IX, 14b bot. לאה׳ לומר עדוכ׳ he had not yet finished saying Shm‘a, when he expired; a. fr.(Ib. 14a מספיק למדינה, v. סָפַח. Hitpa. הִסְתַּפֵּק Nithpa. נִסְתַּפֵּק 1) to be supplied, to supply ones self. Pes.8a במִסְתַּפֵּק when it is a store-room from which supplies are taken for the table; ib. b. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d bot. אבותיכם היו מִסְתַּפְּקִין משלנווכ׳ (not בשלנו) your fathers used to buy supplies (of wine) of our fathers, why do you not buy of us? Y.Dem.III, 23c, a. e. מִסְתַּפֶּקֶת, v. סִידְקִי. Erub.88a אדם עשוי להִסְתַּפֵּק סאתיםוכ׳ a person usually consumes two Sah of water a day (from the supply in the cistern); a. fr.Der. Er. ch. VII ונִסְתַּפְּקוּ they ate and were amply supplied (enjoyed their meal). 2) (cmp. סָפֵק) to be doubtful Y.Yeb.XI, end, 12b נ׳ לו he was in doubt.

פָּקַע(cmp. בקעי) to split; to burst; to break forth, escape. Gen. R. s. 32 אינו מספיק … עד שהיא פוֹקַעַת he scarcely beats it (the bad flax) once, when it bursts; ib. s. 34; Yalk. Is. 350. Gen. R. l. c. שאינו מקיש עליהם אחת עד שהיא פוקעת he knocks at them (the bad earthen vessels) scarcely once, and one is cracked (ib. s. 32 עד שהוא שיברם). Y.Maasr.III, 50d top פעמים שהיא פוקעתוכ׳ sometimes it (the fig) bursts under the wheel. Zeb.IX, 6 גחלת שפָּקְעָה מעלוכ׳ a coal that sprang from the altar; אברים שפָּקְעוּוכ׳ chips of limbs that sprang off the altar. Tosef.Par.III (II), 11 פ׳ מעירהוכ׳ if a part of her skin … (in burning the red cow) leaped off beyond the pit. Ib. 12. Yalk. Num. 761 את הפּוֹקְעִין the portions which spring off, v. פֶּקַע; a. fr.Pesik. R. s. 11 או שמא תִפְקַע האוזןוכ׳ (or תִפָּקַע Nif.) or (I would venture to say it, were I not afraid,) lest the ear of the hearer burst, i. e. it is almost blasphemous to say it; (Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 כדי שתבקע אוזן it is enough for an ear to burst). Y.Yeb.I, 2c bot. פקעו ממנה קידושין (not ופקעו) the betrothal rebounds from her, i. e. has no legal effect, opp. חלו עליה.Part. pass. פָּקוּעַ; f. פְּקוּעָה an animal which is ripped open; בן (ה) פ׳ an animal taken alive out of the slaughtered mothers womb. Ḥull.69a; a. fr. Pi. פִּקֵּעַ to cause splitting. Y.Pes.VII, 35b top שלא לפַקֵּעַ תחת הבשר in order not to cause a splitting of the bone under the flesh, v. פֶּקַע. Hif. הִפְקִיעַ 1) to split, break open. Sabb.III, 3 (38b) לא יַפְקִיעֶנָּה בסודרין he must not break it (the egg) over a hot cloth, rashi (oth. interpret.: he must not cause it to crack by wrapping it in a hot cloth and rolling it; v. Tosaf. Yom Tob a. l.). 2) to strip, pluck, ravel out. Bets.31b מתיר ומַפְקִיעַ וחותך may untie (the knot, v. חוֹתָם), or ravel out or cut through; Sabb.146a; Y. ib. XV, beg.15a, a. e. ומַפְקִיעִין, v. פִּקְפֵּק. Succ.V, 3 מהן היו מַפְקִיעִין ובהן היו מדליקין they stripped them (the worn-out belts of priests) and used them for wicks; Sabb.21a בגדי … מפקיעין אותן ומהן היו עושין פתילותוכ׳ they ravelled out priestly garments and made of them wicks ; expl. Y.Succ.V, 55b bot. מפשילים, v. פָּשַׁל. Esth. R. to I, 6 הכל מפקיעין בחבליוכ׳ all make straps (for their couches) of woolen or flax ropes, and this wicked man uses byssus and purple; a. fr. 2) (to cause breaking loose,) to release, cancel an obligation. Yeb.66b sq., a. fr. הקדש … מפקיעין מידי שעבוד consecration (of a pledged object), leavened matter (on the entrance of Passover), and liberation (of a pledged slave) cause a release from mortgage (cancel the mortgage contract). Bekh.5a אין בכור מפקיע בכור a first-born Levite could not serve as ransom for a firstborn Israelite; דיו לבכור שיַפְקִיעַוכ׳ it was enough for the first-born Levite that he released his own consecration (that he needed no priest to be substituted for him); a. fr. 3) ה׳ השער to break up, unsettle the market, to raise prices arbitrarily, create a panic. Taan. II, 9 שלא להַפְקִיעַ השערים in order not to cause a sudden rise of market prices (by creating the impression of impending scarcity). Meg.17b כנגד מַפְקִיעֵי שערים a prayer against those who raise prices (speculating on a coming scarcity).

פָּקַע(cmp. בקעי) to split; to burst; to break forth, escape. Gen. R. s. 32 אינו מספיק … עד שהיא פוֹקַעַת he scarcely beats it (the bad flax) once, when it bursts; ib. s. 34; Yalk. Is. 350. Gen. R. l. c. שאינו מקיש עליהם אחת עד שהיא פוקעת he knocks at them (the bad earthen vessels) scarcely once, and one is cracked (ib. s. 32 עד שהוא שיברם). Y.Maasr.III, 50d top פעמים שהיא פוקעתוכ׳ sometimes it (the fig) bursts under the wheel. Zeb.IX, 6 גחלת שפָּקְעָה מעלוכ׳ a coal that sprang from the altar; אברים שפָּקְעוּוכ׳ chips of limbs that sprang off the altar. Tosef.Par.III (II), 11 פ׳ מעירהוכ׳ if a part of her skin … (in burning the red cow) leaped off beyond the pit. Ib. 12. Yalk. Num. 761 את הפּוֹקְעִין the portions which spring off, v. פֶּקַע; a. fr.Pesik. R. s. 11 או שמא תִפְקַע האוזןוכ׳ (or תִפָּקַע Nif.) or (I would venture to say it, were I not afraid,) lest the ear of the hearer burst, i. e. it is almost blasphemous to say it; (Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 כדי שתבקע אוזן it is enough for an ear to burst). Y.Yeb.I, 2c bot. פקעו ממנה קידושין (not ופקעו) the betrothal rebounds from her, i. e. has no legal effect, opp. חלו עליה.Part. pass. פָּקוּעַ; f. פְּקוּעָה an animal which is ripped open; בן (ה) פ׳ an animal taken alive out of the slaughtered mothers womb. Ḥull.69a; a. fr. Pi. פִּקֵּעַ to cause splitting. Y.Pes.VII, 35b top שלא לפַקֵּעַ תחת הבשר in order not to cause a splitting of the bone under the flesh, v. פֶּקַע. Hif. הִפְקִיעַ 1) to split, break open. Sabb.III, 3 (38b) לא יַפְקִיעֶנָּה בסודרין he must not break it (the egg) over a hot cloth, rashi (oth. interpret.: he must not cause it to crack by wrapping it in a hot cloth and rolling it; v. Tosaf. Yom Tob a. l.). 2) to strip, pluck, ravel out. Bets.31b מתיר ומַפְקִיעַ וחותך may untie (the knot, v. חוֹתָם), or ravel out or cut through; Sabb.146a; Y. ib. XV, beg.15a, a. e. ומַפְקִיעִין, v. פִּקְפֵּק. Succ.V, 3 מהן היו מַפְקִיעִין ובהן היו מדליקין they stripped them (the worn-out belts of priests) and used them for wicks; Sabb.21a בגדי … מפקיעין אותן ומהן היו עושין פתילותוכ׳ they ravelled out priestly garments and made of them wicks ; expl. Y.Succ.V, 55b bot. מפשילים, v. פָּשַׁל. Esth. R. to I, 6 הכל מפקיעין בחבליוכ׳ all make straps (for their couches) of woolen or flax ropes, and this wicked man uses byssus and purple; a. fr. 2) (to cause breaking loose,) to release, cancel an obligation. Yeb.66b sq., a. fr. הקדש … מפקיעין מידי שעבוד consecration (of a pledged object), leavened matter (on the entrance of Passover), and liberation (of a pledged slave) cause a release from mortgage (cancel the mortgage contract). Bekh.5a אין בכור מפקיע בכור a first-born Levite could not serve as ransom for a firstborn Israelite; דיו לבכור שיַפְקִיעַוכ׳ it was enough for the first-born Levite that he released his own consecration (that he needed no priest to be substituted for him); a. fr. 3) ה׳ השער to break up, unsettle the market, to raise prices arbitrarily, create a panic. Taan. II, 9 שלא להַפְקִיעַ השערים in order not to cause a sudden rise of market prices (by creating the impression of impending scarcity). Meg.17b כנגד מַפְקִיעֵי שערים a prayer against those who raise prices (speculating on a coming scarcity).

שֵׁבֶטm. (b. h.; cmp. בטט a. deriv.) 1) rod, staff. Snh.5a (ref. to Gen. 49:10) הכא ש׳ והתם מחוקק here (in Babylonia) the rod (the Resh Galuthas office), there the legislator (the Nasi); ib. אלו ראשי … בש׳ those are the Resh-Galuthas who chastise Israel with the rod; Hor.11b התם ש׳וכ׳ there (in Babylonia) the rod ; a. e.Tanḥ. Bmidb 16 הש׳ אינו מספיק, read: השָׂרָף. 2) (cmp. מַטֶּה) tribe. Tanḥ. l. c. למוד הוא הש׳ הזהוכ׳ this tribe (of Levi) is wont to be counted Num. R. s. 5, beg. (ref. to Ps. 33:18) זה שִׁבְטוֹ של לויוכ׳ this means the tribe of Levi whose members sit hoping ; ib. אלו כ״ד … לש׳ לוי those are the twenty-four gifts assigned to the tribe of Levi. Y.Ter.I, 40d top מפני גזל הש׳ because it is an injustice to the tribe (of Levi, giving them unnecessary trouble). Pes.80a ש׳ אחד איקרי קהל one tribe is called a community, v. קָהָל; ib. אפי׳ ש׳ אחד טמאוכ׳ even if one tribe is unclean (and prevented from offering the Passover sacrifice) Y. ib. VII, 34c ש׳ אחד גוררוכ׳, v. גָּרַר I; a. v. fr.Pl. שְׁבָטִים. Gen. R. s. 98; s. 99 end, v. יָחַד. B. Bath. 117b דילמא לש׳ קאמר לה perhaps the text (Num. 26:55) means a distribution by tribes (as they were on entering the land)? Sabb.146a יעקב הוליד י֞ב ש׳וכ׳ Jacob begat twelve tribes (sons) in whom there was no blemish. Ib. 147b עשרת הש׳ the ten tribes (the kingdom of Israel). Snh.X, 3 (110b) עשרת הש׳ אינןוכ׳ the ten tribes (carried into exile) are not destined to return; a. fr.

שֵׁבֶטm. (b. h.; cmp. בטט a. deriv.) 1) rod, staff. Snh.5a (ref. to Gen. 49:10) הכא ש׳ והתם מחוקק here (in Babylonia) the rod (the Resh Galuthas office), there the legislator (the Nasi); ib. אלו ראשי … בש׳ those are the Resh-Galuthas who chastise Israel with the rod; Hor.11b התם ש׳וכ׳ there (in Babylonia) the rod ; a. e.Tanḥ. Bmidb 16 הש׳ אינו מספיק, read: השָׂרָף. 2) (cmp. מַטֶּה) tribe. Tanḥ. l. c. למוד הוא הש׳ הזהוכ׳ this tribe (of Levi) is wont to be counted Num. R. s. 5, beg. (ref. to Ps. 33:18) זה שִׁבְטוֹ של לויוכ׳ this means the tribe of Levi whose members sit hoping ; ib. אלו כ״ד … לש׳ לוי those are the twenty-four gifts assigned to the tribe of Levi. Y.Ter.I, 40d top מפני גזל הש׳ because it is an injustice to the tribe (of Levi, giving them unnecessary trouble). Pes.80a ש׳ אחד איקרי קהל one tribe is called a community, v. קָהָל; ib. אפי׳ ש׳ אחד טמאוכ׳ even if one tribe is unclean (and prevented from offering the Passover sacrifice) Y. ib. VII, 34c ש׳ אחד גוררוכ׳, v. גָּרַר I; a. v. fr.Pl. שְׁבָטִים. Gen. R. s. 98; s. 99 end, v. יָחַד. B. Bath. 117b דילמא לש׳ קאמר לה perhaps the text (Num. 26:55) means a distribution by tribes (as they were on entering the land)? Sabb.146a יעקב הוליד י֞ב ש׳וכ׳ Jacob begat twelve tribes (sons) in whom there was no blemish. Ib. 147b עשרת הש׳ the ten tribes (the kingdom of Israel). Snh.X, 3 (110b) עשרת הש׳ אינןוכ׳ the ten tribes (carried into exile) are not destined to return; a. fr.