שפי, שָׁפָה I (b. h.; cmp. שׁוּף II) 1) to crush. —Part. pass. שָׁפוּי, pl. שְׁפוּיִין crushed, humble, contrite (= b. h. דַּכָּא). Tosef. Ḥag. II, 9 עניו וש׳ humble and contrite; Tosef. Snh. VII, 1 וש׳ (only); Y. ib. I, 19ᶜ. Gen. R. s. 60 דווין וש׳ Ar. (ed. ושפופין) broken down and crushed (poor); a. e. —2) to rub, smooth, plane. —Part. pass. as ab. a) smooth. Koh. R. to XII, 14 two paths אחד ש׳ ואחד מלא וכ׳ one smooth, and the other full of thorns and pebbles.—Yalk. Gen. 62 בור ש׳ (Snh. 109ᵃ שָׁאפֵי; Ar. שפת, corr. acc.) a smooth (blank, empty) pit, v. בּוֹרְסִיף.—b) (cmp. חָלָק) unimpaired, unscathed. Gen. R. s. 45, v. רָתַק.
    Pi. - שִׁפָּה, שִׁי׳ 1) to plane, saw, trim. Ḥull. 125ᵃ קולית שש׳ וכ׳ a thigh-bone which one sawed through lengthwise. Ab. Zar. 42ᵃ ישראל שש׳ ע"ז וכ׳ if an Israelite chipped off an idol whether for his own purpose (to use the wood) or for its sake (to improve its appearance). Ib. 49ᵇ. Y. Gitt. V, 47ᵃ bot. גזלו ושִׁיפָּהוּ if he took a block by force and planed it. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 1 שפת הימנה וכ׳ (read: שפה) if he filed off a part of it and made of it &c.; a. e.—Part. pass. מְשׁוּפֶּה; pl. מְשׁוּפִּים, מְשׁוּפִּין. Y. Gitt. l. c. גזלו מש׳ if he took it planed. Y. Succ. I, 52ᶜ top במש׳ לכלים (not בכלים) when the boards are planed preparatory to making them into utensils; a. e. —2) to smooth, polish, Kel. XIV, 5 משׁיְשַׁפֶּנּוּ Ar.; Ned. 56ᵇ משׁיְשַׁפֵּם, v. שׁוּף II.—Trnsf. to pacify, give satisfaction. Y. B. Mets. V, 10ᵇ המבטל … חייב לשַׁפּוֹת לו if a tenant or an agent neglects his neighbor’s field, he must indemnify him; ib. IX, beg. 12ᵃ —3) to leave smooth places, (cmp. חָלַק Hif.) to plant wide apart. Y. Orl. I, beg. 60ᶜ לקורות במְשַׁפֶּה (or במַשְׁפֶּה Hif.) when he plants the trees wide apart, it is an indication that he wants to raise them for beams, opp. רָצַף. B. Bath. V, 4 הגדילו לא יְשַׁפֶּה (or יַשְׁפֶּה) if they (the trees bought in a person’s field) grew large, he (the owner of the field) has no right to smooth the field (cut the trees down). Ib. הגדילו ישפה when they are grown large, he (the owner of the trees) may cut them (in order to use the ground they occupy); a. e.