דף

דַּףm. (דפף, to hammer, join; cmp. דפן) board, plank; trnsf. a column in the scroll (later Hebr. a leaf of a book). Kel. XV, 2 ד׳ של נתתומות וב׳ the (metal) plank of the bakers joined to the wall; B. Bath.66a, b. Yad. IV, 8 בד׳ on the same column. Tosef.Gitt.IX (VII):10; a. fr.Pl. דַּפִּים, דַּפִּין. Ab. Zar.75a; Nidd.65a הד׳ the planks used as frame in the wine press. Num. R. s. 14 (ed. Amst. p. 258c>) מקיים הד׳ keeps the joined boards (of the door) together. Men.30a (יריעה) בת שלש ד׳ a sheet of parchment wide enough for three columns. Ib. b לבין הד׳ in the space between the columns. Neg. XI, 9 דַּפֵּי תלוק the strips (widths) of a shirt; a. fr.