- מִשְׁפֶּלֶת
- מִשְׁפֶּלֶתf. (שָׁפַל, cmp. פָּשַׁל) a wicker basket carried on a pole over the shoulder. Kel. XIX, 10. Tosef. ib. B. Mets. VI, 9; a. fr.Pl. מִשְׁפָּלוֹת. Kel. XXIV, 9. Shebi. III, 2 מ׳ של לתך לתך baskets (of foliage for dung) of a lethekh each. Ib. מוסיפין על המ׳וכ׳ you may add to the number of baskets (to be put on the dunghills) Y. ib. 34c top לא יפרוק את המ׳ he (the Israelite) must not unload the baskets. Cant. R. to VII, 3; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.