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צפי vb. to see at a distance, look out (→ צפי , צפי #2 , √צוף #2 ; SA צפי Ham 590:14+; cf. CPA ܨܦܘܝ watchman LSp 172) Pe. to see at a distance (ב ־): וצפי רחיק he sees from afar EchRB 49:26; עד דהוא רחיק צפה ביה כמין תור while far away, he saw in it (i.e. the bunch of grapes) the shape of an ox Pea 20b(2); צפה בההיא קדרה על תפייה he looked at the pot on the stove BR 153:3 // צפון VR 803:4; צפה בהון חד גבר{א} a certain man saw them ib. 807:5 Pa. 1. to look out, watch: יצפי מימרה דה׳ FPT Gen 31:49[03; H יצף ]; והוה מצפי ליה על ריש איגרא he looked out for him from the top of the roof EchR 144:4; 2. to face: part.pass. מצפיה TN Num 23:28 [→ itpa.] Itpa. to face: מצטפייה TN Num 21:20 [H נשקפה ]; FTP ib. 