Jastrow: סִפָּא

סִפָּא, סִיפָּא, (סִיפָא, סֵי׳) ch. same 1) door-sill, door-post; also (v. סֵיפָא) border, bank. Targ. Ez. XL, 6, sq. Targ. I Sam. I, 9. Targ. II Kings X, 21; ib. XXI, 16 (סֵיפָא; h. text פה; v. Pesh. Josh. III, 15); a. fr.—Gitt. 68ᵇ bot. בסי׳ דבבא at the door-post.—Pl. סִפִּין, סִפַּיָּא, סִפֵּי, סִי׳. Targ. Ex. XII, 7 (some ed. סִיפַ׳). Targ. Deut. VI, 9; XI, 20 (some ed. סִיפֵי, סֵי׳). Targ. Prov. VIII, 34 ספי (Ms. a. some ed. פכי, corr. acc.); a. e. —2) (v. preced. 3) block, a course of blocks, layer (v. נִדְבָּךְ). B. Bath. 5ᵇ כל ס׳ וס׳ זימניה הוא Ar. (ed. שפא) every time he finishes a layer, it is his time (to get paid); ib. 6ᵃ (ed. שפה). Ib. 4ᵃ אפיק ס׳ ועייל ס׳ (some ed. שפה) he let one block protrude (beyond the line) and one block recede; Yalk. Deut. 913 שפא.—Pl. סְפָיִין (h. form, as if from סְפָי, v. סָפָה). Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵈ top דעבד ס׳ who lays a course of blocks; ib. XII, beg. 13ᶜ