gentile made (threw out) a ladder and went down on it;
[ed. Zuck. כבש; v. Sabb. XVI, 8d.
סקילה f. (סקל) stoning, execution by stoning. Snh. VII, 1. Ib.9 בס׳ (sub. נידון) is to be put to death by stoning. Ib. IX, 3 בס׳ נידונין. Ib. חמורה הס׳ stoning is the severer punishment; a. v. fr. -- הס׳ בית the place of stoning, a scaf- folding from which the culprit was thrown down. Ib. VI, 1. Ib. 4 וכ׳ היה הס׳ בית the scaffolding was two (men's) statures high; a. e.
סקילוס, v. סליקיא.
**סקימיון m. (a corrupt. of xenium) a hosts or king's gift, donation indefinite as to tiame and amount. Taan. 19b וכ׳ ס׳ הגשמים נעשו. . שחרב מיום Ar. (ed. צימוקין; Ms. M. צומוקין, Rashi ed. Pes. צומוקיון, substitutes for the unin- telligible ס׳) since the destruction of theTemple the rains have becomme irregular and arbitrary gifts, in some years rains are abundant, in others, scanty; in some years rains are in season &c. [Compare the simile; שנתן לעבד פרנסתו רבו לו,]
סקיסאות, Yalk. Num. 713, read; סקיפסטאות, v. אסקפסטי.
סקיסתן pr. n. (~~~~~~~d) Sakistan (Segestan), 6 district of Drangiana in the Persian empire, occupied by the Sace or Scythians. Yoma 10a (ref. to וסבתכא . . סבתה, Gen. X, 7) וכ׳ ברייתא וכ׳ גוייתא ס׳ Ms. M. 2 סגיסחאן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9; Ar. סקווסתן) the inner S. and the outer S., with one hundred parasange between &c.
סקיף, v. סקוף.
סקיפטורין m. pl. (exceptores) short-hand writers, clerks in court. Pesik. Hahod., p. 53b sq. [read;] העמידו ס׳ ויעמדו סניגורין summon the advocates and let the clerks be ready; ib. ס׳ ויעברו. העכירו dismiss the ad- vocates and let the clerks go; Yalk. Ex. 190 ספיקטורין; Yalk. Ps. 831 ספיקטרין, ספיקטו׳ (corr. acc.); (Y. R. Hash. I, 57b top קטיגורין).
סקיפטיות, v. אסקפסטי.
סקיפנטום, v. next w.
סקיפנטיא f. (~~~~~~~(~) false accusation. Sifre Deut. 349 (ref. to תריבהו, Deut. XXXIII, 8) לו נסתקפה ס׳ וכ׳ (ed r.) false denunciation tturned against him (Aaron); if Moses said . . . ., what have Aaron and Miriam done?; (oth. ed.נסתקפת סקיפנטום, read; סקיפנטיס (q~toרצסt)~) an informer, v. סקף); [Yalk. Deut. 954 נסתקפת תסקופים (ed. Lemb. תשק׳); Nabhm. to Deut. l. c. לו נסתקפו סקופים, v. סקף a. תסקופים].
סקיפס, שקי׳ m. (denom. of סקיף or שקוף) one whose occiput has the shape of a lintel (having an angular proo- jiection). Bekh. VII, 1(43a) (Mish. a. Ar. ש׳). Ib. 43b ס׳ וכ׳ מאחוריו s'kifas refers to the hinder part of the head, as people say פיסא שקיל, a piece is taken of.
סקיפסטי, v. אסקפסטי.
סקיפתא, v. סקופתא.
סקירה f. (סקר II) look, glance. R. Hash. 18a, v. סקר II.
סקל (b. h.) to stone, put to death by stoning. Snh. VI, 1 (2b); לסוקלו אותו מוציאין (Mish. ed. לסקלו) they take him out (from the court) to execute him. Ib. 46a וmוסקלוה and they condemned him to be stoned; a. fr. -- Tosef. Sabb. VI(VII), 5 וכ׳ זה תרנגול סקללו האומר (not תרנגולת) ed. Zuck. (VVar.שחטו) if one says, stone this cock, for he crowed at evening, ---that is a superstitious practice (v. אמורי). Nif. נסקל to be stoned, be condemned to death by ston- ing. Snh. 43a בה שנ׳ אבן the stone with which the cul- prit is to be put to death. Ib. VI, 1 ליסקל יוצא is taken out to be stoned. Ib. 3 וכ׳ נסקלת האשה ואין ערום נ׳ האיש the male convict is put to death undressed, but not so the woman. Ib. 4 נתלין הנסקלין כל all those executed by stoning are afterwards hanged; a. fr. -- הנסקל שור the ox that is to be, or has been put to death by stoning, having killed a human being (Ex. XXI, 28). Ib. I, 4 וכ׳ הנ׳ שור the case of an ox to be stoned is argued before a court of wenty-three. Mekh. Misp., Nzikin, s. I0; a. fr. Pi. סיקל to clear of stones. Shebi. II, 3 וכ׳ עד מסעלין you may clear fields of stones (in the sixth year) up to the beginning of the Sabbatical year. Tosef B. Kam. II, 12 וכ׳ סי׳ ואם יסל לא.. כדרך as one has no right to put dung on the public road, so one must not clear his field and deposit the stones on the road, and if he does clear it, he must carry the stones to &c. Ib. 13 (to one who deposited stones on the road) וכ׳ מתוך מסקל אתה מה מפני why dost thou remove the stones fromm a place which is not thine to a place which is thine?; a. fr.
סקל I ch. same. B. Kam. 41a מסקל דסקליה היכא after one has stoned him (the ox).
סקל II m., v. סקול.
*סקלונקית f. (= סקלוקית, reduplic. of סקל) a hard blow with the fist. Y. B. Kam. VIII, end, 6, v. סגוקרת.
*סקליטין, Midr. Hashkem, Vayakhel, quot. in Ar. and expl. as courtt or palace, prob. meant for סיקריטון (secretum) sectuded place; v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v..
סקנדרוס, v. סנקתדרוס.
סקסנאה m. of Sacassana (X~~~~~~~), a province ofArmenia. Nidd. 65a ס׳ מנימין Miniamin of S., v. גזכייה.
סקף (Saf. of נקף־, v. נקף II) to go around. Hithpa. הסתקף, Nithpa. נסתקף 1)to come in turn to be arranged; to happen (cmp. סבה); 2) (of persons) to turn around; (= נהפך)ttto change. Sifre Deut. 349 ed. Fr. נסתקפה, v. סקיפנטיא; ed. Radwill a. oth. לו ניסקפת סקפנטיס (not טום ...) thou hast turned informer against him; Yalk. Deut. 954 לו ניסתקפת תסקופים (some ed. תששק׳, read יסתקפו), v. תסקופים.
סקף I ch. same.