עומד כסבכה

סְפוֹגm. ( ספג, cmp. ספח) a porous luxuriant growth, mushroom; sponge, any sponge-like material; wiper. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a (in Chald. dict.) ההן דגזז ס׳וכ׳ he who cuts mushrooms etc. (on the Sabbath) is guilty of the acts of harvesting and of planting (the cutting being the means of advancing the growth). B. Kam. 115b; Succ.50a; Yalk. Mal. 587 ארס … דומה לס׳וכ׳ the venom of the serpent (on top of liquids) resembles a fungus (Ar.: a veil-like growth on the head of a certain sea-fish) and remains floating ; (Y.Ter.VII, 45d bot. עומד כסבכה, v. סְבָכָה). Kel. IX, 4 ס׳ שבלעוכ׳ a mushroom which has absorbed unclean liquids, though it is dry on the outside etc. Sabb.XXI, 3 ס׳ אם יש לו עורוכ׳ a sponge (used for sucking up liquids), if it has leather handles etc. Tosef. ib. V (VI), 3 ס׳ שע׳׳ג המכה an absorbent substance (wool) put on a wound. Y. ib. XVII, 15c top ונתן עליה ס׳ יבש and he put on it a dry sucker (compress); Lev. R. s. 15; Lam. R. to IV, 20; a. fr.Ab. V, 15 ס׳ שהוא סופגוכ׳ (a scholar indiscriminately cramming his mind is called) a sponge, because he absorbs every thing.Pl. סְפוֹגִים, סְפוֹגִין. Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d top רצו לחתוך ס׳ (divers) wanted to cut sponges. Sabb.129b ס׳ של צמר tufts of wool; (Tosef. ib. XV (XVI), 3 כסות). Ab. Zar.18a הביאו ס׳ של צמדוכ׳ they took tufts of wool, soaked them with water, and put them on his heart; a. e.Σπόγγος, σφόγγος seems to be of Semitic origin.

סְפוֹגm. ( ספג, cmp. ספח) a porous luxuriant growth, mushroom; sponge, any sponge-like material; wiper. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a (in Chald. dict.) ההן דגזז ס׳וכ׳ he who cuts mushrooms etc. (on the Sabbath) is guilty of the acts of harvesting and of planting (the cutting being the means of advancing the growth). B. Kam. 115b; Succ.50a; Yalk. Mal. 587 ארס … דומה לס׳וכ׳ the venom of the serpent (on top of liquids) resembles a fungus (Ar.: a veil-like growth on the head of a certain sea-fish) and remains floating ; (Y.Ter.VII, 45d bot. עומד כסבכה, v. סְבָכָה). Kel. IX, 4 ס׳ שבלעוכ׳ a mushroom which has absorbed unclean liquids, though it is dry on the outside etc. Sabb.XXI, 3 ס׳ אם יש לו עורוכ׳ a sponge (used for sucking up liquids), if it has leather handles etc. Tosef. ib. V (VI), 3 ס׳ שע׳׳ג המכה an absorbent substance (wool) put on a wound. Y. ib. XVII, 15c top ונתן עליה ס׳ יבש and he put on it a dry sucker (compress); Lev. R. s. 15; Lam. R. to IV, 20; a. fr.Ab. V, 15 ס׳ שהוא סופגוכ׳ (a scholar indiscriminately cramming his mind is called) a sponge, because he absorbs every thing.Pl. סְפוֹגִים, סְפוֹגִין. Y.Yeb.XVI, 15d top רצו לחתוך ס׳ (divers) wanted to cut sponges. Sabb.129b ס׳ של צמר tufts of wool; (Tosef. ib. XV (XVI), 3 כסות). Ab. Zar.18a הביאו ס׳ של צמדוכ׳ they took tufts of wool, soaked them with water, and put them on his heart; a. e.Σπόγγος, σφόγγος seems to be of Semitic origin.