ספי, סָפָה (b. h.; cmp. סוּף) 1) to cut, esp. to cut a slice, to give a portion; to have a share in a meal. Pes. 3ᵇ סְפוּ לי מאליה give me a piece of the fat-tail. Midr. Till. to Ps. IV, 7 ed. Bub. מי יתן (לנו) לִסְפּוֹת עמכם וכ׳ (differ. in ed., v. ed. Bub. note) oh, that we could share with you in the good of the hereafter; Yalk. ib. 627 לספור (corr. acc.). —2) to consume, destroy. Tanḥ. Vayera 8 (ref. to Gen. XVIII, 23) בשר ודם האף סוֹפֶה אותו וכ׳ as regards a human being, anger consumes him (carries him away), is it so with thee? Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?
Nif. - נִסְפֶּה to be destroyed, ruined. Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Prov. XIII, 23) ונמצא נ׳ בלא משפט מקומו and thus he was ruined (by the tax-gatherers) not in accordance with the judgment of his place (which had been released from the tax in the meanwhile).