סַפִּיר , m.(b. h.; 1) sapphire. Ex. R. s. 38, end על ס׳ היה וכ׳ on the sapphire (in the high priest’s breastplate) the name of Issachar was engraven. Pesik. ‘Ăniya, p. 135ᵇ נבקע … והס׳ לא חסר the anvil was split, the hammer was broken in two, but the sapphire remained intact. Lam. R. to IV, 7, v. גִּזְרָה; a. e.—V. סַמְפִּירִינוֹן. —2) sappir, name of a species of beans. Kil. I, 1, expl. Y. ib. 27ᵃ top פושונה (R. S. to Kil. l. c. פַּיְישׂוּנָא).