זקיפא II (זיקפא)

זְקִיפָאII (זִיקְפָּא) m. (preced.) 1) pole, scaffolding, gallows. Targ. II Esth. 2:7; a. e.Targ. 1 Chr. 10:10 זיק׳.Meg.16b וי״ו … למימתחה כז׳ (Asheri כי ז׳; ed. בז׳ incorr.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6) you must extend the Vav of ויזתא (Esth. 9:9) as long as a pole; כולהו בחד ז׳וכ׳ (ed. זקיפה, Ms. H. 2 בז׳ חדא; Asheri בחדא ז׳) they were all hanged on one pole (at the same execution, v. infra).B. Mets.83b תותי ז׳ under the gallows. Ab. Zar.18b אסקוה לז׳ they took him out for execution. 2) (part. pass, of זְקֵף) hanged, culprit. B. Mets.59b, v. דְּיוּקְתָּא. 3) (fem.) execution, v. supra.