- שפיר
- שַׁפִּירm. (שְׁפַר) 1) handsome, pleasing; good; cheerful. Targ. 1 Sam. 16:12. Targ. O. Gen. 47:6, (v. שֶׁפֶר ch.); a. fr.Midr. Till. to Ps. 16:6 (in Hebr. dict.) על … נעשה לי ש׳ because I was content with my portion, it became beautiful to me; Yalk. ib. 667 (corr. acc.).Kidd.31b בעינא גברא דש׳ כותך I want a man as handsome as thou art; a. fr.Pl. שַׁפִּירִין, שַׁפִּירַיָּא, שַׁפִּירֵי Targ. Deut. 8:12. Targ. 2 Chr. 7:10; a. fr.B. Mets.84a אנא … מש׳ ירושלם I am one of the survivors of the handsome men of Jerusalem. Ib. בני ש׳ כוותי children as good-looking as I am; a. fr.Fem. שפִּירָא, שַׁפִּירְתָּא, שַׁפִּרְ׳. Targ. Gen. 12:14. Ib. 11. Targ. O. Num. 12:1; a. fr.B. Mets. l. c. דש׳ מינאי who is handsomer than I am; a. e.Pl. שַׁפִּירָן, שַׁפִּירָתָא. Targ. Gen. 6:2. Targ. Y. ib. 1. Targ. Job 42:15; a. e. 2) (adv.) right, well. B. Mets. l. c. אטו … דש׳ קאמינא do I not know that what I say is right? Yoma 29b מאן קא מיתיב ש׳ קא מותיב he who asked that question has asked well. Yeb.94b והאי ש׳ נסיב and he married rightly (legally); והא ש׳ נסיב and he married this one lawfully; a. fr.ש׳ דמי, v. דְּמֵי I.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
