- שפי
- שפי, שָׁפָהIII (v. שָׁפָה I) (to be smooth,) to be quiet, at ease; to be relieved. Nidd.IV, 4 ושָׁפְתָה מעת לעת and was relieved for a full day, opp. קשתה, v. קָשָׁה. Ib. שפתה מן הצערוכ׳ she was relieved from pain, but not from the flux of blood; a. e.Part. pass. שָׁפוּי quiet, sane. Arakh.17b, sq. ש׳ ונשתטה if he was sane and became mad; B. Bath. 128a.V. שוֹפִי II. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּפֶּה, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּפֶּה (of a delirious person) to become quiet, conscious, sane. B. Kam.IV, 4 נש׳ השוטה if the madman became sane again; Tosef. ib. IV, 4. Y.Ter.I, 40b bot. לכשיִשְׁתַּפֶּה when he is sane again (we may write a letter of divorce at his order); Y.Gitt.VII, beg.48c. Y.Keth.I, 251b; a. e.
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