ספק I

סָפַקI (b. h.; cmp. סָפַד), Pi. סִיפֵּק 1) to strike, clap, esp. to clap the hands against the hips to a certain tune in mourning or in rejoicing; cmp. טָפַח I. Bets.V, 2 (36b) ולא מְסַפְּקִיןוכ׳ you must not clap or dance (on the Sabbath or Holy Day). Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 2 המְסַפֵּקוכ׳ he who strikes the hip, claps hands or dances by a flame (a superstitious practice); a. e.V. סִיפּוּק I. 2) (cmp. נָקַף, נָקַש) to join closely; to attach; to engraft Y.Sabb.V, beg.7b במְסַפֵּק חבל על חבל when he ties a rope to a rope (of the halter). Kil. VI, 9 סִפְּקָהּ בחבלוכ׳ if, in training the vine, he attached to it a rope or a reed (with which he fastened it to a plant). Par. XII, 1 האזוב … מְסַפְּקוֹוכ׳ if the hyssop is too short, he ties it to a thread Y.Orl.I, 61a bot. ילדה שסִיפְּקָהּ a young plant (subject to ‘Orlah) which one engrafted on an old tree; a. fr.V. סִיפּוּק I.