Jastrow: שַׁפִּיר

שַׁפִּיר m. (שְׁפַר) 1) handsome, pleasing; good; cheerful. Targ. I Sam. XVI, 12. Targ. O. Gen. XLVII, 6, (v. שֶׁפֶר ch.); a. fr.—Midr. Till. to Ps. XVI, 6 (in Hebr. dict.) על … נעשה לי ש׳ because I was content with my portion, it became beautiful to me; Yalk. ib. 667 (corr. acc.).—Kidd. 31ᵇ בעינא גברא דש׳ כותך I want a man as handsome as thou art; a. fr.—Pl. שַׁפִּירִין, שַׁפִּירַיָּא, שַׁפִּירֵי. Targ. Deut. VIII, 12. Targ. II Chr. VII, 10; a. fr.—B. Mets. 84ᵃ אנא … מש׳ ירושלם I am one of the survivors of the handsome men of Jerusalem. Ib. בני ש׳ כוותי children as good-looking as I am; a. fr.—Fem. שׁפִּירָא, שַׁפִּירְתָּא, שַׁפִּרְ׳. Targ. Gen. XII, 14. Ib. 11. Targ. O. Num. XII, 1; a. fr.—B. Mets. l. c. דש׳ מינאי who is handsomer than I am; a. e.—Pl. שַׁפִּירָן, שַׁפִּירָתָא. Targ. Gen. VI, 2. Targ. Y. ib. 1. Targ. Job XLII, 15; a. e. —2) (adv.) right, well. B. Mets. l. c. אטו … דש׳ קאמינא do I not know that what I say is right? Yoma 29ᵇ מאן קא מותיב ש׳ קא מותיב he who asked that question has asked well. Yeb. 94ᵇ והאי ש׳ נסיב and he married rightly (legally); והא ש׳ נסיב and he married this one lawfully; a. fr.—ש׳ דמי, v. דְּמֵי I.