Jastrow: גְּרוֹפִית

גְּרוֹפִית f. (גרף, cmp. אֶגְרוֹף) [as large as a fist,] little stump or shoot. Kel. XII, 8 ג׳ של זית a vessel made out of a piece of an olive tree; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 19 he who makes vessels מג׳ של זית R. S. to Kel. l. c. (ed. Zuck. גרפות, גפו, corr. acc.).—Metaph. ג׳ של שקמה block of a sycamore tree, i.e. a man barren of thought, ignorant; barren of merits, worthless. Tanḥ. B’ḥuck. 5 Jephtah was as poor in the Law כגְרוֹפוֹ של שקמה (ed. Bub. 7 גרופות של ש׳ היה, note: גרופית) as a block &c.—Y. Ab. Zar. II, 40ᶜ; Gen. R. s. 25, end; Ruth R. s. 1, opp. ג׳ של זית one rich in merits; a. e.—Pl. גְּרוֹפִיּוֹת. B. Bath. V, 3 if one buys olive trees for felling, מניח שתי ג׳ he must leave a stump of two fists’ size (out of which new shoots may rise); Tosef. ib. IV, 7 (v. Tos’f. Y. Tob a. l., a. B. Bath. 80ᵇ).—Gen. R. s. 31, end ג׳ לזתים Ar. (ed. sing.) shoots for future olive plantation.