הַשְׁקָפָה f. (שָׁקַף, Hif.) the looking down, the use of the verb הִשְׁקִיף. Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56ᶜ bot. כל ה׳ … ארירה וכ׳ (not ארורה) wherever in the Torah hishkif is used, it means curse (punishment), but this (Deut. XXVI, 15) means blessing. Tosef. ib. V, 25 ‘from thy holy dwelling’ זו מקום ה׳ וכ׳ ed. (ed. Zuck. ממעון קדשך השקיפה) that is the place of looking down, i.e. hashkifah (Deut. l. c.) refers only to ‘thy holy dwelling’, ‘and bless’ to ‘from (the store of) the heavens’.
הַשְׁקָפָה
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הַשְׁקָפָה f. ( שָׁקַף , Hif. ) the looking down, the use of the verb הִשְׁקִיף . Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56ᶜ bot. כל ה׳ … ארירה וכ׳ (not ארורה ) wherever in…
References
- Jastrow, שָׁקַף I 1
- Deuteronomy 26:15