- שָׂפָם
- שָׂפָםm. (b. h.; v. שָׂפָה) upper lip. Cant. R. to I, 7 על שְׂפָמוֹ v. עָטָה. Pirké dR. El. ch. XVII, end היה שפמו מכוסהוכ׳ if his upper lip was covered, they knew that he was a mourner; לא היה שפמווכ׳ if his upper lip was not covered, they knew that he was excommunicated; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
