צְרַף I, צְרֵיף ch. same 1) to smelt, refine, try. Targ. Jer. IX, 6. Targ. Is. LIII, 10; a. fr.—Part. pass. צְרִיף; f. צְרִיפָא &c. Targ. Prov. XXX, 5.— *2) to contract, sponge (cloth).—Part. pass. as ab. Snh. 44ᵃ סרבלא צ׳ Ms. F. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3; ed. דצריפא) a sponged cloak (Rashi: dyed with alum, v. צְרִיפְתָּא); v., however, צְרִיפָא 2. —3) to combine, join. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XV, 1; Num. XXIV, 24.
Pa. - צָרֵף 1) to smelt, refine. Targ. Mal. III, 3.—Trnsf. to torment (v. P. Sm. s. v. 3446). Targ. Prov. XXV, 20. —2) to join, attach. Y. Nidd. II, end, 50ᵇ ולא הוה מְצָרֵף לון עימיה and never joined them to himself (invited them to a consultation); חד זמן צָרְפוֹן עימיה once he did invite them; בגין כן צָרְפִיתְכוֹן (not צריפתכון) therefore I invited you; a. e.—B. Mets. 53ᵃ, v. infra.—Part. pass. מְצָרַף. Sot. 17ᵃ האי מצ׳ והאי לא מצ׳ in the word אִשָּׁה the Alef and Shin (אֵשׁ fire) are joined, in אִישׁ, they are not joined (separated by י; Rashi: מִיצְּרִיף Ithpe.). —3) (denom. of צְרִיפְתָּא) to mix earth with alum. Part. pass. as ab. Ab. Zar. 33ᵇ דמְצָרְפֵי ובלעי they (the earthen vessels) contain alum and therefore absorb more.
Ithpa. - אִצְטָרֵיף,
Ithpe. - אִצְטְרִיף, אִיצְּרִיף 1) to be joined, to join. Targ. Y. I Gen. XV, 1; Num. XXIV, 24.—B. Mets. 53ᵃ ונִצְטַרְפִינְהוּ (Rashi ונִיצְרַף; Ms. M. ונִצְרוֹף; Ms. H. ונְצָרֵיף; Ms. F. ונִצִטְרַף) let them (the two kinds of coins) be joined (and treated as one mass; Rashi a. Mss.: let him join them); דאורייתא … לא מִצְטָרְפֵי things forbidden as sacred by Biblical law and things forbidden by rabbinical law cannot be combined (Ms. H. לא מְצָרְפִינָן we dare not combine). Succ. 19ᵃ מי … דאִיצְטָרוּפֵי מצטרף וכ׳ is there anything that may be joined (to make up the legal size) which in itself is not fit? Ber. 47ᵃ מאי דעתך לאיצטרופי בהדן do you expect to be counted with us (as the third person for saying grace)? Yoma 74ᵃ חזי לאיצטרופי fit to be added (to make up the legal quantity); a. fr.—Sot. 17ᵃ, v. supra.