סְפֵי

סְפֵי, סְפָאch. same, 1) to cut, apportion, give to eat. Targ. Y. Num. 11:18 (ed. Vien. יַסְפִּי׳ Af.).Pes.3b מי קא סָפוּ לך מאליה have they given you a piece ? v. preced. Ḥull.107b לא סְפִינָא לך I should not have given thee to eat. Ib. קא סָפִית לבראיוכ׳ thou didst feed my son, and didst not wash thy hands (v. מְשֵׁי). Ib. 95b איכו השתא סְפִיתוּוכ׳ how near you came giving the sons of B. forbidden food to eat. Ib. a top מי לא סַפְיִי לךוכ׳ (Ar. סְפָאִי) should I not have given thee a portion of the fat ox? Ib. דזבן … וס׳ לי such and such a gentile bought of it, and he gave me of it. B. Bath.21a עד שית … קביל וסְפִי ליהוכ׳ Ar. (ed. אַסְפִּי Af.) until six years of age take no pupils, from six and upward take (the child) and feed him (with knowledge) as you feed an ox; a. fr. 2) to scrape together, collect. Targ. O. Ex. 22:3.Cant. R. to I, 6 ס׳ חלאוכ׳ he grabbed up sand and put it in his mouth. B. Mets. 114b סְפִי שקולוכ׳ grab and take of these leaves (of Eden); ספא שקל he grabbed and carried them off. Af. אַסְפֵּי same, to give to eat. Targ. Y. Num. 11:18, v. supra.B. Bath.21a, v. supra.(Lam. R. to I, 7 כד תספון כלהוכ׳, a corruption, prob. to be read: כד מַסְפִּין כלה ‘when they give a bride to eat, some words like ‘coarse food being omitted. Ithpa. אִסְתְּפֵי (to be withdrawn, cmp. Nif. of אָסַף 2 Sam. 17:13; Jer. 4:5, a. e., to shrink, be afraid. Targ. Job 32:6 אִסְתְּפֵיתִי (h. text זחלתי). Targ. Y. Gen. 21:17 תִּסְתְּפִין (not תַּסְתִּיפִין). Ib. 42:4; a. fr.Ber.20a לא קא מִסְתְּפֵי מר מיה״ר are you not afraid of temptation? Ib. 62a לא מִסְתְּפִיתוּ are ye not afraid? Snh.94b bot. מהאי לא תִסְתְּפִי אלא אִיסְתְּפִיוכ׳ be not afraid of this one, but be afraid of ; a. fr.