Jastrow: סֵפֶל

סֵפֶל m. (ספל to scrape, cut out) 1) (b. h.; bowl, basin. Kidd. 31ᵃ הטל להן מים בס׳ וכ׳ pour water into a bowl for them (to drink from) &c., v. קִעְקֵעַ I. Nidd. 27ᵃ; Y. ib. III, 51ᵃ במוציא את הס׳ וכ׳ when he carries away the basin (with the after-birth) &c. Cant. R. to I, 1; Koh. R. to I, 1 (ref. to יקה, Prov. XXX, 1) כס׳ הזה שנתמלא בשעתו וכ׳ like a bowl which is filled in due time and emptied in due time, so did &c.; Num. R. s. 10; a. e.—Pl. סְפָלִים, סְפָלִין. Sabb. 129ᵇ the rich keep the after-birth בס׳ של שמן in basins filled with oil; Tosef. ib. XV (XVI), 3 בסופלי (corr. acc.). Ber. 44ᵃ סִפְלֵי טרית basinfuls of salted fish. Zeb. 91ᵇ לס׳ for the bowls (for libations); a. e. —2) a frame stool or bench; also night-stool, interch. with סַפְסָל. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 45 היה … יושב על הס׳ וכ׳ (ed. Bub. ספסל) the Philistine (to save himself from the attack of the mice) seated himself on a stool of bronze; והיה הס׳ נבקע וכ׳ and the stool burst of itself, and the mouse came up &c.; Midr. Sam. ch. X; Yalk. Sam. 102; Yalk. Kings 222 ספסל; Yalk. Ex. 183 ספסל; a. e.—Pl. as ab. Tosef. Ab. Zar. VI (VII), 3 הס׳ והקתידראות ed. Zuck. (Var. הסַפְסָלִין) stools and chairs. Midr. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Sam. l. c.; a. e.