סְפִקְלָאטוֹר, masc. (speculator, v. אִיסְפִּקְלָטוֹר) executioner. Sifré Num. 91. Lev. R. s. 26 נעשה ס׳ לכל וכ׳ (the serpent) has become the executioner for all who break down fences (of customs, with ref. to Koh. X, 8). Lam. R. to II, 1; a. fr.—Pl. סְפִקְלָטוֹרִים, סְפִקְלָטוֹרִין. Ib. introd. (R. Josh. 2) לפתח … ספקלטרים ‘to open the mouth for murder’ (Ezek. XXI, 27) refers to the executioners. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XLVIII סְפִקְלָטוֹרֵי פרעה (not סנקלטורי) Pharaoh’s executioners; a. e.