- נָפָה
- נָפָהII (b. h.; נוּף) fan; winnow; sieve. Men.VI, 7; X, 4, v. נפי. Y.Keth.VII, 31b bot., v. נָדַר. Ḥull.45a ניקבה כנ׳ if the windpipe has perforations like a sieve. Sot.48b; Y. ib. IX, 24b bot., v. נוֹפֶת. Tanḥ. Ekeb 1; Yalk. Ps. 676, v. נוֹפֶת; a. fr.Ab. V, 15 נ׳ a scholar who retains the best teachings.Pl. נָפוֹת. Men.76b.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
