סַיִּיף, (סוּף II) sword. Kel. XIII, 1. Ib. XIV, 5. Lev. R. s. 35; Sifré Deut. 40, v. כָּרַךְ; a. fr.—Esp. execution by the sword (= הֶרֶג), v. Snh. VII, 3. Ib. 50ᵃ סקילה חמורה מס׳ stoning is a severer punishment than beheading. Ib. 52ᵇ בס׳ is to be put to death with the sword; a. fr.