לְפַף

לְפַףch., Pa. לַפֵּיף (interch. with לָפֵיף) 1) to swathe, bandage, wrap. Targ. Y. Ex. 15:2. Targ. Lam. 2:22 לפיפית (some ed. לפפית).Sabb.66b; 147b לַפּוּפֵי ינוקא to swathe a new-born child.Part. pass. (מְלַפַף) מְלַפַּף. Targ. 2 Chr. 34:15 (of a scroli, v. preced.). Targ. Lam. 2:20 (Ar. מִתְלַ׳ Ithpa.).Trnsf. to handle in the way a child is swathed, to turn clay, mould, shape (cmp. עָצַב). B. Mets.74a והא מחוסר לַפּוּפֵּי ויבושיוכ׳ does it not require moulding, drying, putting into the stove Ib. כגון דמְלַפְּפַן ומיבשן Ms. M. (ed. דמלפפה ויבישו, corr. acc.) when they have been moulded and dried. 2) to join, couple, loop. Targ. Ex. 36:10. Ib. 18 ללָפָפָא (Var. ללַפְפָא, ללַפָּפָא); a. fr.Part. pass. מְלָפַף, מְלַפַּף. Ib. 26:3; a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְלַפַּף to be swathed, v. supra.