Jastrow: סִימְפּוֹן

סִימְפּוֹן, סִמְ׳ m. (= סנפון; סָנַף) [ramification, interweaving,] 1) ramified blood-vessel, artery; bronchiae. Y. Meg. I, 71ᶜ bot. היה עשוי כמין ס׳ if the writing was done in the shape of arteries (furcated); cmp. חֲלִיטָה I.—Ḥull. 49ᵃ (expl. בית הסימפונות, v. infra) ס׳ גדול the main branch (of the aorta); a. e.—Pl. סִימְפּוֹנוֹת, סִמְ׳. Ib. III, 1 עד שתינקב לבית הס׳ until the perforation of the lungs reaches the starting point of the ramified blood-vessels (v. supra), expl. ib. 45ᵇ להיכא דשפכי ס׳ כולהו into which all the vessels discharge themselves. —2) [cross-writing,] postscript to a document, codicil, conditions or modifications attached to a deed; receipt in full or in part. Y. Gitt. VII, end, 49ᵃ; Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ top; Y. Erub. III, 21ᵇ top סדר ס׳ כך הוא וכ׳ this is the formula of a simpon (of betrothal), I—betroth thee—, with the condition that I marry thee on a certain day, and if that day arrives and I fail to marry thee, I shall have no claim &c. Ib. ירדו לס׳ בשיטת וכ׳ they entered into a conditional agreement in accordance with the principle of R. M. &c. (i.e. stating both alternatives), v. תְּנַאי. Y. B. Mets. X, 17ᶜ ס׳ כתוב מלעיל וס׳ וכ׳ if one postscript is written at the top of the document, and one effaced at the bottom. B. Mets. I, 8 (20ᵃ) אם יש עמהן ס׳ יעשה מה שבס׳ Y. ed. a. Ms. M. (Bab. a. Mish. ed. pl.) if a postscript is attached to the documents, you must be guided by the postscript. Ib. 20ᵇ ס׳ היוצא וכ׳ a postscript (receipt to a note) produced by the creditor. Ib. 21ᵃ ס׳ שיש עליו עדים a receipt signed by witnesses; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. B. Mets. I, 8, v. supra. —3) an implicit condition the non-fulfillment of which annuls the agreement, whence, a bodily defect (of a woman or a slave) not stated in the contract. Keth. 57ᵇ, a. fr. משום ס׳ because a bodily defect may be detected before marriage, which would annul the betrothal. Ib. ס׳ בעבדים ליכא a bodily defect detected in a slave does not affect the validity of the purchase. Kidd. 10ᵇ ולא חיישת לס׳ do you not take into consideration the possibility of finding a bodily defect by which the betrothal might be annulled?; a. fr.