עֲרִיפָה, (עָרַף) breaking the neck (of the heifer, Deut. XXI, 4), use of the stem ערף. Meg. II, 5 לעֲרִיפַת העגלה for the ceremony of &c. Y. Sot. IX, 23ᶜ בע׳ as regards the ceremony of &c. Ib.ᵈ bot. מקום עֲרִיפָתָהּ וכ׳ the place where a heifer has been killed; a. fr.—Sifré Deut. 306 (ref. to יערף, Deut. XXXII, 2) אין ע׳ אלא הריגה the verb ʿaraf means to kill; Yalk. ib. 942.