חֲסַף II, חַסְפָּא, חִ׳ I m. (preced.) (= h. חֶרֶשׂ) 1) rough clay, מאנא דח׳ clay vessel (common and easily broken). (common and easily broken). Targ. O. Lev. XI, 33; a. e. —2) [something with which to peel or scrape,] fragment of a vessel, potsherd. Targ. Prov. XXVI, 23.—Yeb. 92ᵇ, a. e., v. דְּלֵי. Kidd. 18ᵃ (prov.) נקיט … יהיבנא ליה ח׳ he had a pearl in his hand, and we give him a sherd, i.e. for a valuable object we give him a valueless paper; a. fr.—Pl. חַסְפִּין, חִ׳. Gen. R. s. 14, v. דְּבַק; Midr. Till. to Ps. II; a. e.