סוֹף m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) end. Yeb. XVI, 4 (121ᵃ) מים … שאין להם ס׳ waters without end (the shores of which you cannot see from all sides). Ned. 62ᵃ וס׳ הכבוד לבא and honor will finally come of itself. Gen. R. s. 71, beg. (ref. to Ps. LXIX, 34) לא ראשו … סוֹפוֹ ולא סופו ראשו the first clause of this verse does not correspond (in syntactical construction) to its final clause &c. Sifra K’dosh. ch. III, Par. 2 אם גנבת סוֹפְךָ לכחש וכ׳ if thou stealest, thou wilt finally deny &c. Kidd. 31ᵃ מס׳ דברך, v. נָכַר. Meg. 7ᵃ בתחלה קבעוה בשושן וְלִבְסוֹף וכ׳ at first they established it (the festival of Purim) in Shushan, and then for the whole (Jewish) world; a. v. fr.—לא ס׳ דבר אלא … this is not the end of it …, but. Gen. R. s. 38 (ref. to Prov. XVII, 13) לא ס׳ ד׳ משיב וכ׳ after all, not only he who requites evil for good, but even he who requites evil for evil &c. Y. Shebi. III, end, 34ᵈ; a. fr. —2) remnant, esp. pl. סוֹפִין fruit remaining on the tree after harvest time, late fruit. Y. Yeb. XII, 12ᵈ bot. קידש בגופו של ס׳ (prob. to be read בנוֹפוֹ) if one betrothed a woman, giving as a consideration a branch of a tree of his containing remainders (mostly worthless). Pes. 6ᵇ סוֹפֵי … ומשמר וכ׳ if there are in a man’s field late figs, but he watches his field for the sake of the grapes; v. סוֹפֶת.—[Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 8 סופין ed. Zolk., read: סוֹבִין.]