Jastrow: שְׂרֵפָה

שְׂרֵפָה, שְׂרֵי׳ f. (b. h.; שָׂרַף I) burning, fire. Snh. VII, 1 ארבע מיתות … ש׳ וכ׳ four modes of capital punishment …, stoning, burning &c. (expl. ib. 2). Ib. 52ᵃ שְׂרֵיפַת נשמה, v. נְשָׁמָה. Ib. ש׳ ממש execution by fire in its real sense. Ab. Zar. I, 3 כל מיתה שיש בה ש׳ וכ׳ the anniversary of an idolater’s death with which burning (of garments &c.) was connected (at the time of burial) is considered an idolatrous festival. Num. R. s. 11, v. קָלוֹן II. R. Hash. 18ᵇ שקולה … כשריפת בית וכ׳ the death of the righteous is equal to the burning of the Temple; a. fr.—[Y. Sabb. XIV, 14ᶜ bot. שריפה, v. שְׂרִיפָה.]—Pl. שְׂרֵיפוֹת. Pes. 75ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XXI, 9) תשרף לרבות כל ש׳ הבאות וכ׳ ‘shall be burned’, this includes all burnings which are the result of fire (e.g. death through molten lead). Lev. R. s. 16 בוא וראה כמה ש׳ הוא שורף come and see how many fires it (the tongue) kindles (how much destruction it causes); a. e.