סָפַג (denom. of סְפוֹג) 1) to swallow, absorb. Cant. R. to VII, 3 מה חטה זו סוֹפֶגֶת … סוֹפְגִין וכ׳ as the wheat (flour) absorbs (water), so Israel absorbs &c. Ab. V, 15, v. סְפוֹג; a. e.—Trnsf. (cmp. לָקָה, בְּלַע) to receive lashes, be punished. Tem. I, 1, a. fr. סוֹפֵג את הארבעים receives forty (thirty-nine) lashes. Naz. IV, 3 אם אינה סופגת … תִּסְפּוֹג וכ׳ if she cannot receive the Biblical punishment, let her receive the punishment for rebellion; a. fr. —2) to use a סְפוֹג, to wipe, dry. Sabb. XXII, 1 לא יִסְפּוֹג (Ar. יְסַפֵּג Pi.) he must not put down a sponge (to absorb the spilt wine). Zeb. VI, 5 סְפָגוֹ במלח he dried the dripping head of the sacrifice by rubbing salt on it. Tosef. ib. VII, 10 מלח ולא ס׳ ס׳ וכ׳ if he put salt on but did not dry it, or if he dried it without putting salt on; a. e.—Sabb. 145ᵃ לסוֹפְגָן במלח Ar. (ed. לסופתן, v. סָפַת).—[Tosef. Zab. I, 9 וסופג, read: וסִפּוּג.—Yalk. Deut. 840 סופגין, read: סופנין, v. סָפַן.]
Pi. - סִיפֵּג same; v. supra, a. infra.
Hif. - הִסְפִּיג 1) to wipe, dry. Men. 7ᵇ וטבל ולא מַסְפִּיג (Rashi: מְסַפֵּג Pi.) he must dip (Lev. IV, 6) but not wipe, i.e. there must be blood enough in the vessel to dip the finger into it; Yalk. Lev. 469; Zeb. 93ᵇ מְסַפֵּג. Num. R. s. 17 נטלו והִסְפִּיגוֹ he took it (the flayed ram) and wiped it (with salt, v. supra); a. e. —2) to receive drippings, collect. Gen. R. s. 94 כשרף הזה … עד שמַסְפִּיגִין אותו like resin which scarcely begins to ooze out, when arrangements are made to collect it; Tanḥ. B’midb. 16 (not השבט); ed. Bub. ib. 19; Yalk. Ezra 1067.