צְפִירָה

צְפִירָהII f. (b. h. circle, turn; crown; צָפַר, v. צְפַר II) 1) circuit. Y.Erub.I, end, 19d (ref. to ויצפר, Jud. 7:3) ולמה הן חוזרין בצ׳ and why were they to go home on a circuitous route? 2) circle, suite of body-guards. Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s. 3; Yalk. Ex. 244 מלך … ועליו צ׳ מקיפתווכ׳ a king that enters a city, and about him is a circle of guards that surrounds him, and his mighty men 3) a round of twist, border. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. V, 5 סרוד של צ׳ (ed. Zuck. צפורה) a frame with a rim (of plaited ropes ), if it has handles, is susceptible of uncleanness. Kel. XVI, 3 משיעשה בו צ׳ אחת as soon as he has woven around it one round (as a rim); Tosef. ib. B. Mets.V, 13 צבירה אחת חוץ מזהוכ׳ (corr. acc.) one round besides the rims of the web itself. Y.Sabb.VIII, 11b top באילין קשייא כדי לעשות צ׳ of hard palm-leaves (used for ropes, v. אַפְסְקִימָא) as many as are required to make a border; a. e.Pl. צְפִירוֹת. Kel. l. c.; Tosef. l. c. צבירות (corr. acc.).