עֲרִיפָה f. (עָרַף) breaking the neck (of the heifer, Deut. XXI, 4), use of the stem ערף. Meg. II, 5 לעֲרִיפַת העגלה for the ceremony of &c. Y. Sot. IX, 23ᶜ בע׳ as regards the ceremony of &c. Ib.ᵈ bot. מקום עֲרִיפָתָהּ וכ׳ the place where a heifer has been killed; a. fr.—Sifré Deut. 306 (ref. to יערף, Deut. XXXII, 2) אין ע׳ אלא הריגה the verb ʿaraf means to kill; Yalk. ib. 942.
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עֲרִיפָה f. ( עָרַף ) breaking the neck (of the heifer, Deut. XXI, 4 ), use of the stem ערף . Meg. II, 5 לעֲרִיפַת העגלה for the ceremony of &c. Y.…
References
- Jastrow, עָרַף 1
- Deuteronomy 21:4
- Mishnah Megillah 2:5
- Jerusalem Talmud Sotah 9:1:9
- Sifrei Devarim 306:27
- Deuteronomy 32:2