- לפת
- לֶפֶתf. (v. preced. wds.) something which goes with bread; vegetables. Ber.44b, v. בַּית 4.Gen. R. s. 15 הד אמר לפת לא פת היתה one says lefeth was lo-path (no food of man before he sinned, i. e. bread fully seasoned grew out of the ground, and no relish was required); ל׳ לא פת היא עתידה להיות lefeth will be no food, in the Messianic days; Y.Ber.VI, 10a bot.; Tanḥ. Ekeb 7 (read:) והאחד אומר היתה פת אלא עתידה לעשות לא פת (with ref. to פסת בר, Ps. 72:16; cmp. Sabb.30b, Midr. Till., to Ps. 104:12).Esp. lefeth, turnip. Kil. I, 3. Ib. 9. Keth.111b שועל קינן בל׳ ושקלוהווכ׳ a fox made his nest in a turnip, and when they weighed it ; a. fr.Pl. לִפְתּוֹת. Y.Ter.II, 41c bot. ראשי ל׳ turnip-heads. Yalk. Deut. 944. Snh.19b bot. (ref. וילפת, Ruth 3:8, v. Targ.) שנעשה ב̇שר̇ו כראשי ל׳ his body became as soft as (boiled) turnip heads. Ber.56a Ar., v. גַּרְגְּלִידָא; a. e.
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