*שָׁצַף, Pi. שִׁצֵּף (= שסף) to cut, slash. Sifra Thazr., Par. 5, ch. XVI (ref. to Lev. XIII, 56) אוֹתוֹ יכול יְשַׁצְּפֶנּוּ ויניחנו וכ׳ (Rab. יְשַׁסְּפֶנּוּ, ref. to I Sam. XV, 33) from, ‘he shall rend it.’ I might infer, that he should slash it and leave it in its place &c.; [Asheri to Neg. XI, 5: יתפרו, glossator יְשׁפְּצֶנּוּ (v. שפץ) patch it over; R. S. to Neg. l. c. יְצַפֶּנּוּ; Yalk. Lev. 553 ישופנו].