סיפא

סִפָּא, סִיפָּא(סִיפָא, סֵי׳) ch. sam(סף to put ends together, join). 1) door-sill, door-post; also (v. סֵיפָא) border, bank. Targ. Ez. 40:6, sq. Targ. 1 Sam. 1:9. Targ. 2 Kings 10:21; ib. 21:16 (סֵיפָא; h. text פה; v. Pesh. Josh. 3:15); a. fr.Gitt.68b bot. בסי׳ דבבא at the door-post.Pl. סִפִּין, סִפַּיָּא, סִפֵּי, סִי׳. Targ. Ex. 12:7 (some ed. סִיפַ׳). Targ. Deut. 6:9; 11:20 (some ed. סִיפַי, סֵי׳). Targ. Prov. 8:34 ספי (Ms. a. some ed. פכי, corr. acc.); a. e. 2) (v. preced. 3) block, a course of blocks, layer (v. נִדְבָּךְ). B. Bath.5b כל ס׳ וס׳ זימניה הוא Ar. (ed. שפא) every time he finishes a layer, it is his time (to get paid); ib. 6a (ed. שפה). Ib. 4a אפיק ס׳ ועייל ס׳ (some ed. שפה) he let one block protrude (beyond the line) and one block recede; Yalk. Deut. 913 שפא.Pl. סְפָיִין (h. form, as if from סְפָי, v. סָפָה). Y.Sabb.VII, 10d top דעבד ס׳ who lays a course of blocks; ib. XII, beg.13c.