- שפא
- שְׁפֵי, שְׁפָאch. sam( Pi. שִׁפָּה, שִׁי׳ to plane, saw, trim), 1) to crush, rub, grind. Targ. Ps. 56:2 (h. text שאף). Ib. 3.Part. pass. שָׁפֵי; f. שַׁפְיָא; pl. שַׁפְיָין, שַׁפְיָן. Ib. 51:19 (h. text נדכה). Targ. Job 33:21. 2) to plane, smooth, paste over. Yeb.75b שַׁפְיֵיהוכ׳ he trimmed it (cut off the protuberances) like a writing reed. Sabb.98b, v. טָרִיז (v. שְׁפֵי II). B. Kam.98a Ms. M., v. שוּף II ch. Snh.109b שַׁפְיוּהָ דובשאוכ׳ they smeared her body with honey, and placed her on the roof ; a. e.Part. pass. as ab. smooth, level. Targ. Prov. 15:19. Targ. Y. Gen. 31:2; 5 (friendly).Snh.109a בור שָׁאפֵי, v. preced. Pa. שַׁפֵּי 1) to crush. Targ. Esth. 1:10. Targ. Ps. 51:10 דשַׁפְּיֵיתָא Ms. (ed. Lag. דשיפייתא, corr. acc.; ed. Wil. דשָׁפִיתָא Pe.; h. text דכית). Ib. 89:11; a. e. 2) to plane, trim.Part. pass. מְשַׁפִּי; f. מְשַׁפְּיָא; pl. מְשַׁפְּיָין, מְשַׁפְּיָן. B. Bath.3a אבני דלא משפיין Ms. M. (ed. משפיא, corr. acc.), v. גְּוִיל.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.