סְפַד ch. same Targ. Gen. XXIII, 2; a. fr.—Yeb. 116ᵇ סִפְדִי בעליך observe mourning for thy husband. M. Kat. 28ᵇ דִּיסְ׳ וִסְפְּדוּנֵוה for him who has mourned for others, others will mourn; Keth. 72ᵃ דִּסְ׳; Tosef. ib. VII, 6 סְפוֹד דיִסְפְּדוּנָךְ mourn, in order that people may mourn for thee; Y. ib. VII, 31ᵇ bot. (corr. acc.). Meg. Taan. ch. I; Sabb. 21ᵇ, a. fr. דלא למִסְפֵּד when no lamentations may be held; a. fr.
Af. - אַסְפֵּיד 1) as preced. Hif. Targ. Lam. I, 18.—M. Kat. 25ᵇ ההוא יומא לא אתו לאַסְפּוּדֵיה that day (when he died), they did not come to mourn for him. Meg. 28ᵇ אַכְפְּדָהּ לכלתיה וכ׳ held funeral services for his daughter-in-law in the synagogue; a. fr. —2) to beat the hip in mourning. Koh. R. to XII, 7 הוה מַסְפִּיד בחדא ידא וכ׳ made the motion of mourning with one hand and of praising (Nebuchadnezzar) with the other; Yalk. Ez. 364 הוון … ומַסְפִּידִין וכ׳.