*הַרְדָּפָה, (הדף, with ר inserted; cmp. הִירְדּוּף [removal, isolation,] imprisonment within a narrow enclosure of reeds or poles, a punishment for contempt of court (v. נִידּוּי). M. Kat. 16ᵃ (explain. לִשְׁרוֹשִׁי, Ezra VII, 26). Ib. (a version of the Gaonim quoted by Asheri a. l., Nr. 53) מאי ה׳ א"ר פפא נצבי דקני what is hardafah? Said R. P., Poles of reeds (fastened in the ground). [In ed. a. Mss. the answer to מאי ה׳ is absent.] [Ar. ed. Koh. הִרְדֹּופָה.]