- שְׁאַף
- שְׁאַףch. 1) same. Targ. Job 7:2. 2) (cmp. שאב) to resorb. Sabb.129a ואתא זיקא ושָׁאֵיף ליה מיניה and a hot wind may rise and suck it (the small quantity of blood left) out of him. Snh.64a דשאיף קליה Ms. M. Rashi (ed. דשייף), v. שְׁאֵב.Sabb.139b שאפו שיכרא, v. שְׁפֵי II.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
