ספן ch. same, 1) to brighten, scour; v. thpe. - 2) to
regard. Targ. II Esth. I, 12. Ib. VII, 9 (10). -- 3) to look out
for, provide, store; (of a bird's ovary) to be fructified.
Bets. 7a מארעא דספנא ביעי eggs laid by a hen that was
fecundated by friction in the dust, v. דכרא. Hull. 58a
מארעא בדספנא if the hen was fructified by frictio &c.
Ithpe. אסתפן 1) to be brightened, scoured. Targ. Y. Lev.
VI, 21 (cmp. Tosef. Nidd. VIII, 11 הצפינן, quot. s. v. צפוון I).
-- 2) to be provided, laid in. Koh. R. to XI, 9 [read;] עד
דאיסתפנוןפריטויntil the money which he owes is hatched
(brought together); (Pesik. Shub., p. 164b מתפשר, v. פשר).
ספן m. (denom. of ספינה) sailor, captain of a freight ship. Shebi. VIII, 5, v. בייר. Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 14, a. e. -- Pl. ספנין. Sabb. XV, 1, sq. הס׳ קשר, expl. ib. 111b, v. איסטרידא. Kidd. IV, 14 וכ רובן הסמ sailors are mostly pious men. Y. M. Kat. III, 82b bot. וכ׳ וסניו איכריו (not איבריו) his farm-hands, and the sailors and camel drivers in his employment.
ספנא, ספונא ch. same. Bekh. 8b bot. וכ׳ לספו׳ אל he said to the captain, untie thy ship. -- P. ספנין, ססגיא,. סשונאי. Targ. I Kings IX, 27. Targ. Jon. I, 5. Ib. 6 (not סל׳); a. e. -- B. Mets. 84b ספונאי; Yalk. Prov. 964 ספפגאי. Ned. 50a, sq.׳
ספנא m. (ספן; cmp. ספינה) store-room, hold. Snh. 108b דתיבותא ס׳ the hold of the ark.
ספסוניא, Yalk. Ps. 656, v. סימפוניא.
ספסופא, ספסופה m. (=אספס׳; אסף)riotous gath- ering, or indiscriminate capture of people during a riot. Y. Ter. VIII, 46b bot. בס׳ איתציד was caught in a riot.
ספסיל, v. בפסל.
ספסירא c. (ספר, cmp. ~~~ג~~~ Jos. Ant. XX, 2, 2) sword. Targ. Prov. XII, 18. Targ. Esth. VIII, 15; a. e. -- B. Bath. 21b למיקטליה ס׳ שקל he took up a sword to kil him. Y. Ter. VIII, 46b bot. ספסר חד טעין carrying a sword; וכ׳ ס׳ בהדא with this sword did Bar N. kill his brother. Snh. 7a וכ׳ דס׳ אפותיא עזיזא רחימתין כי when our love was strong, we found room to sleep on the broadside of a. sword &.; a. e. -- Pl. ספסירי. Targ. Prov. XXX, 14 Ms. (ed. ספסרי).
ספסירא m.=h.ספסר, accountant, middleman, broker. B. Mets. 42b וכ׳ דזבין ס׳ a middleman who buys here and sells there (immediately). Ib. 63b לס׳ זוזי למיתב בעי והא but would he not have had to pay the broker?, i. e. has he not the advantage of saving the broker's fee?
ספסירותא f. (preced.) brokers work, agency. B. Mets. 63b ספסירותיה... וזי a man's money does the bro- kerage for him, i. e. dealers come to the capitalist directlys.
ספסל m. (v. מפל 2) frame, bench, stool. Kidd. 70a ס׳ וכ׳ רבנן דאמור call it safsal (Hebrew) as the scholars do, or &c. (v. איסטבא 2). Kel. XXII, 3 וכ׳ שניטל ס׳ a bench (long board) which has lost one of its ends (supports). Tosef. ib. B. Bath. I, 12 שנתפרק ס׳ a frame which has falllen apart. Mikv.V, 2; a. fr. -- Pl. ספסלים, ספמשלין. Y. Ber. IV, 7d top וכ׳ של שם היו ס׳ שמנים eighty benches (forms) of students were there. Tosef. l. c. 1I שבפונדקאות הס׳ the (movable) benches in inns; וכ׳ מלמדי של הס׳ the school teachers' benches (open frames serving as foot-rests for those behind). Kel. XXII, 10 שבמרחן ס׳ (used as singu- lar) the (marble) boardframe (with wooden supports). B. Bath. IV, 6 הס׳. . . מכר לא (Babli ed. 67b הספלין) has not sold (with the bath-house) the boards of the seats. Ib. 67b הס׳ בית Ms. H. a. R. (ed. הספלים) the room where the seats are kept. Pes 51a נכרים ספסלי the frames on which gentiles spread their goods. Snh. 104b בספסיליהן אש לחכה (some ed. במפסיהם). fire lapped their benches; a. fr.
ספסלא, ספסלה, סיפ׳ ch. same. Sabb. 29b ס׳ גרר dragged in a form (for the students to sit on). Y. ib. XV, beg. 15a ס׳ על דמקפל הן he who folds a garment over a.. frame; a. fr. -- Pl. ספסלין, ספסליא, ספסלייה, ספסלי. Targ. Y. II Gen. XV, 17. - Ber. 28a, v. יסף. Y. Sot. I, 16d bot., v. מרצעא; a. e.
ספסף, סיפ׳ (denom. of סוף) to cut the ends of, trim; to graee. Naz. VI, 3(39a) שהוא כל שסי׳ או (Bart. ששיפששף, cmp. שפה) or trimmed his hair ever so little. Ib. 39b. Y. ib. VI, 55a bot. המספסף את לרבות to include (in the pro- hibition) him who trims his hair. Y. B. Kam. VI, 5c top אבניו סיפספה if tthe fire grazed his stones. Ib. מספעף או וכ׳ והולך or it went on grazing (objects) even to a mile's distance; v. סכסך I. -- Y. Bets. IV, 62 bot. איזמספסספיןאותה באור you must not trim the ends of a wick by burning it (Bab. ib. 32b מהבהבין); v. פסס II.
ספסר m. (reduplic. of ספר) accountant, expert in prices, speculator. B. Mets. 51a וכ׳ ס׳ בתגר it means a spec- ulating trader... he knows well what his goods is w orth &c. -- V. ספסירא.
ספסר, v. ספסירא.
ספק I (b. h.; cmp. ספד), Pi. סיפק 1) to strike, clap, esp. to clap the hands ayainst the hips to a certain tune in mourning or in rejoicing; cmp. טפח I. Bets. V, 2 (36b) ולא וכ׳ מספקין you must not clap or dance (on the Sabbath or Holy Day). Tosef. Sabb. VI (VII), 2 וכ׳ המספק he who strikes the hip, claps hands or dances by a fame (a su- perstitious practice); a. e. -- V. סיפוק I. --- 2) (cmp. נ, קקש) to yoin closely; to attach; to engraf Y. Sabb. V, beg. 7b חבל על חבל במספק when he ties a rope to a rope (of the halter). Kil. VI, 9 וכ׳ בחבל ספקה if, in training the vine, he attached to it a rope or a reed (with which he fastened it to a plant). Par. XII, 1 וכ׳ מספקו.. . האזוב if the hyssop is too short, he ties it to a thread &c. Y. Orl. I, 61a bot. שסיפקה ילדה a young plant (subject to ׳Orlah) which one engrafted on an old tree; a. fr. -- V. סיפוק I.
ספק, ספיק ch. same, to strike, knock. Targ. Job XXXIV, 26 ספיקינון ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. ספקי׳ Pa.). - Esp. to clap hands. Targ. Lam. II, 15 (ed. Lag. a. oth. ש׳); a. ea- [Targ. Koh. IV, 16 לאסתפקא, read with ed. Lag. לאתשפא, v. סף I.]
ספק II (b. h. שפק) to divide, distribute; to supply; 128c
