שָׁפַת

שָׁפַת(b. h.) to place, pile, esp. to place the cooking vessel over or by the fire. Y.Sabb.I, end, 4b השוֹפֵת את הקדירהוכ׳ if one sets a pot over coals (on the Sabbath), we must warn him Bets.IV, 5 לִשְׁפּוֹתוכ׳ to place a pot on them, v. נָקֵף I. Ḥull.84a מאה מנה יִשְׁפְּתוּוכ׳ if one possesses one hundred Maneh, he may have a pot put on the stove every day. Sot.11b שוֹפְתוֹת שתיוכ׳ they put on two pots, one for hot water, and one with fish; Ex. R. s. 1. Midr. Till. to Ps. 22:16 הייתי דומה … שוֹפְתִין עליה (not שופכין) I was like a stove situate between two roads, on which the travellers do their cooking; ed. Bub. ש׳ קרירותיהן עליה; Yalk. ib. 687; a. fr.Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 1 שפת הימנה, v. שָׂפָה I.