שְׁפִיכוּת, same. Makhsh. II, 3 מי ש׳ water that is poured out, dirty water, opp. מי גשמים rain water.—Esp. ש׳ דמים shedding of blood. Arakh. 15ᵇ כל המספר … וש׳ ד׳ he that talks slander commits great sins to be compared to the three great crimes: idolatry, incest, and bloodshed. Snh. 57ᵇ (ref. to Gen. IX, 6) איזהו ש׳ ד׳ של אדם שהוא בגופו וכ׳ what way of killing is a shedding of blood within a man’s body? It is strangulation. Ib. 74ᵃ כל … חוץ … וש׳ ד׳ regarding all sins … one may transgress in order to escape death, except idolatry, incest, and murder; a. fr.