סַף m. (b. h.; ספף , v. סוּף, to cut, hollow out; also to put ends together, join) 1) door-sill; 2) bowl. Mekh. Bo, s. 6 (ref. to Ex. XII, 22) מניד הכתוב … ואין סף אלא אסקופה the text intimates that he loosens and digs a hole on the side of the threshold and slaughters over it, for saf means (a cavity made in) the threshold. Ib. אין סף אלא כלי saf means a vessel; Y. Pes. IX, 36ᵈ bot., sq. —3) pl. סִפִּים, סִפִּין, סִי׳ [cut stones, cmp. גָּזִית,] paving-blocks, stone-pavement. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 45 והס׳ נבקעין וכ׳ and the blocks burst before them (the frogs). Midr. Till. to Ps. CV, 30 בתי הס׳ houses which had stone pavements; (Yalk. ib. 820 פספסין; Ex. R. s. 10 פסיפס).
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סַף m. (b. h.; ספף , v. סוּף , to cut, hollow out ; also to put ends together, join ) 1) door-sill ; 2) bowl . Mekh. Bo, s. 6 (ref. to Ex. XII, 22 )…
References
- Jastrow, סוּף 1
- Exodus 12:22
- Jerusalem Talmud Pesachim 9:5:2
- Jastrow, סִיפִּים 1
- Jastrow, סִבְכָא 1
- Jastrow, גָּזִית 1
- Midrash Tehillim 78:7
- Midrash Tehillim 105
- Shemot Rabbah 10