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חְסַף חַסְפָּא‏ n.m. baked clay

ceramiac, baked clay Com. Dan2:35 : פַּרְזְלָא חַסְפָּא נְחָשָׁא כַּסְפָּא וְדַהֲבָא‏ . Dan2:43 : 0hE)+k:diy par:z:lA) lA) mit:(Arab (iM+ xas:p.A) just as iron does not mix with clay. 4Q242 A..8 : אלהי כספא ודהבא [נחשא פרזלא] אעא אבנא חספא‏ . TgO Lev6:21 : וֻמָן דַחסַף דְתִתבַשַל בֵיה‏ a clay vessel in which cooking is done. TgTosPr 2Kgs.4:6 : לקיט מאני תבירי ומשוי חד [על חד] ומתחבר ٠٠٠ ועמודא דמשחא טאיף עליהון עד דשלימו כל פסקי מניא‏ he takes the broken vessels and puts one on the other so they are joined and drips a column of oil on them until all the vessels' fragments become whole.

sherd JLAtg, JPAEpig, JBA. TgJ Is30:14 : חְסַף לְמִחתֵי נוּר מִמַבעוֹר‏ . TN Deut28:27 : ובחיכו{ר}<ך> חספה‏ (an itch which must be) scraped with a sherd.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 211a; DJBA: 476a; Jastrow: 489; Levy Ch-W: 1:274; Tal Sam: 287; DNWSI: 393; DJA: 50a; Cook,Qumran: 88;

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ḥrspy n.f. fish scale