Jastrow: צְפִירָה II

צְפִירָה II f. (b. h. circle, turn; crown; צָפַר, v. צְפַר II) 1) circuit. Y. Erub. I, end, 19ᵈ (ref. to ויצפר, Jud. VII, 3) ולמה הן חוזרין בצ׳ and why were they to go home on a circuitous route? —2) circle, suite of body-guards. Mekh. B’shall., Shir., s. 3; Yalk. Ex. 244 מלך … ועליו צ׳ מקיפתו וכ׳ a king that enters a city, and about him is a circle of guards that surrounds him, and his mighty men &c. —3) a round of twist, border. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 5 סרוד של צ׳ (ed. Zuck. צפורה) a frame with a rim (of plaited ropes &c.), if it has handles, is susceptible of uncleanness. Kel. XVI, 3 משיעשה בו צ׳ אחת as soon as he has woven around it one round (as a rim); Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 13 צבירה אחת חוץ מזה וכ׳ (corr. acc.) one round besides the rims of the web itself. Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ top באילין קשייא כדי לעשות צ׳ of hard palm-leaves (used for ropes, v. אַפְסְקִימָא) as many as are required to make a border; a. e.—Pl. צְפִירוֹת. Kel. l. c.; Tosef. l. c. צבירות (corr. acc.).