ספל

סֵפֶלm. (ספל to scrape, cut out) 1) (b. h.; cmp. סַף) bowl, basin. Kidd.31a הטל להן מים בס׳וכ׳ pour water into a bowl for them (to drink from) , v. קִעְקֵעַ I. Nidd.27a; Y. ib. III, 51a במוציא את הס׳וכ׳ when he carries away the basin (with the after-birth) Cant. R. to I, 1; Koh. R. to I, 1 (ref. to יקה, Prov. 30:1) כס׳ הזה שנתמלא בשעתווכ׳ like a bowl which is filled in due time and emptied in due time, so did ; Num. R. s. 10; a. e.Pl. סְפָלִים, סְפָלִין. Sabb.129b the rich keep the after-birth בס׳ של שמן in basins filled with oil; Tosef. ib. XV (XVI), 3 בסופלי (corr. acc.). Ber.44a סִפְלֵי טרית basinfuls of salted fish. Zeb.91b לס׳ for the bowls (for libations); a. e. 2) a frame stool or bench; also night-stool, interch. with סַפְסָל. Midr. Till. to Ps. 78:45 היה … יושב על הס׳וכ׳ (ed. Bub. ספסל) the Philistine (to save himself from the attack of the mice) seated himself on a stool of bronze; והיה הס׳ נבקעוכ׳ and the stool burst of itself, and the mouse came up ; Midr. Sam. ch. X; Yalk. Sam. 102; Yalk. Kings 222 ספסל; Yalk. Ex. 183 ספסל; a. e.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Ab. Zar. VI (VII), 3 הס׳ והקתידראות ed. Zuck. (Var. הסַפְסָלִין) stools and chairs. Midr. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Sam. l. c.; a. e.