Jastrow: סְפֵקָא

סְפֵקָא, סְפֵי׳ ch. same. Targ. Y. Lev. VIII, 15 סְפֵיק (סְפֵק) constr.—Ber. 3ᵇ מי איכא ס׳ קמי וכ׳ is there a doubt before God?; Gitt. 6ᵇ. Ker. 21ᵃ, a. e. כוי ס׳ הוא the Koy is a doubtful animal (as to classification), v. כּוֹי. Ib. אצטריך קרא למיסר ס׳ does it need a special intimation in the Biblical text to forbid the blood of an animal of doubtful classification?; Yoma 74ᵇ אצטריך קרא לרבויי ס׳ does it need an intimation in order to include an animal of doubtful classification (i.e. is it doubtful with God who revealed the Law)?; a. v. fr.—(סְפֵק) סְפֵיק ס׳ the doubt of a doubt, double doubt. Ab. Zar. 70ᵃ bot. הוי ליה ס׳ ס׳ it is a doubly doubtful case (first, whether a Jew or a gentile opened the cask, and secondly, if a gentile, whether he touched the wine). Keth. 9ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. סְפֵקי, סְפֵי׳. Ḥull. 18ᵇ דאפילו ס׳ דגברי גריס who records even the doubts as to the authorities of a Halakhah. Ib. 95ᵇ תליסר גמלי ס׳ וכ׳ thirteen camel loads of questionable cases of t’refah; a. e.