- סָפִיחַ
- סָפִיחַ(סֶפַח) m. (b. h. ספיח; סָפַח) spontaneous growth, after-growth.Pl. סְפִיחִים, סְפִיחִין, (סְפָ׳). Shebi. IX, 1 כל הס׳ מותרין חוץ מסְפִיחֵי כרוב (Y. ed. הספחים … סִפְחֵי) all spontaneous growths (of the Sabbatical year, dating from the sixth year) are permitted, except the after-growth of cabbage; Pes.51b כל הס׳ אסוריןוכ׳ (v. comment.). Sifra Bhar, Par. 1, ch. I (ref. to Lev. 25:5) מכאן סמכו … הס׳וכ׳ from here the scholars found a support for the prohibition of the after-growth. Shek. IV, 1 שומרי ס׳ בשביעיתוכ׳ those appointed to watch the after-growth (of barley for the ‘Omer) in the Sabbatical year receive their wages Y. ib. 48a top ספחית (corr. acc.); a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.