safdan

(Arabic) line, row; rank. safga kir /safdan chiq to stand out; to leave the ranks; to be lost, to be put out of commission

סָפַד(b. h.) (to strike, beat; cmp. Lat. plango, to lament, mourn. Gitt.57a סִיפְדוּ לזה mourn for this man. Snh.47a, a. e. אל תִּסְפְּדוּנִיוכ׳ do not hold services for me in the towns; a. fr. Hif. הִסְפִּיד to arrange funeral or memorial services for; to lament, eulogise. M. Kat. I, 5 ולא יַסְפִּידֶנּוּ קידםוכ׳ and must not engage a safdan (eulogist) for him thirty days before a festival. Meg.28b אין מַסְפִּידִין בהןוכ׳ no funeral services for an individual must be held in them (the synagogues); ומספידין … רבים but you may use them for funeral services in cases of public mourning (for a distinguished person). Treat. Smaḥ. III, 4 מספידין לענייםוכ׳ mourning services are held for children of poor men at the age of three, for those of rich men at the age of four years. M. Kat. 21b והִסְפִּידוּם הספד גדול and they arranged a great lamentation over them (the sons of R. ‘Aḳiba); a. fr. Nif. נִסְפַּד to be mourned for, be eulogised. Snh.47a מת לא נ׳וכ׳ a dead not mourned for and not buried. Yeb.78b שלא נ׳ כהלכה no appropriate lamentations were held over his remains; a. e.

סָפַד(b. h.) (to strike, beat; cmp. Lat. plango, to lament, mourn. Gitt.57a סִיפְדוּ לזה mourn for this man. Snh.47a, a. e. אל תִּסְפְּדוּנִיוכ׳ do not hold services for me in the towns; a. fr. Hif. הִסְפִּיד to arrange funeral or memorial services for; to lament, eulogise. M. Kat. I, 5 ולא יַסְפִּידֶנּוּ קידםוכ׳ and must not engage a safdan (eulogist) for him thirty days before a festival. Meg.28b אין מַסְפִּידִין בהןוכ׳ no funeral services for an individual must be held in them (the synagogues); ומספידין … רבים but you may use them for funeral services in cases of public mourning (for a distinguished person). Treat. Smaḥ. III, 4 מספידין לענייםוכ׳ mourning services are held for children of poor men at the age of three, for those of rich men at the age of four years. M. Kat. 21b והִסְפִּידוּם הספד גדול and they arranged a great lamentation over them (the sons of R. ‘Aḳiba); a. fr. Nif. נִסְפַּד to be mourned for, be eulogised. Snh.47a מת לא נ׳וכ׳ a dead not mourned for and not buried. Yeb.78b שלא נ׳ כהלכה no appropriate lamentations were held over his remains; a. e.