נפח

נְפַחch. same, 1) to blow. Targ. Gen. 2:7; a. fr.Y.Bets. II, end, 62b (ל) מִנְפּוֹחַוכ׳ to blow meat up. Gitt.69a bot. לִינְפַּח ליה חבריהוכ׳ let his neighbor blow white cress-seeds (into his throat) through a straw. Ḥull.46b ונַפְחִינָא לה and we blow the lungs up; a. fr.Part. pass. נְפִיחַ; f. נְפִיחָא; pl. נְפִיחִין; נְפִיחָן blown, ignited; blown up, swollen. Targ. Job 20:26. Targ. O. Num. 5:21; a. fr.Ḥull.47b א״ד דנפיחא (not דנפיחה) some explain דמיא לאופתא (v. אוּפְתָּא) as meaning lungs which look as if distended (white). Sabb.33a נְפִיחֵי כפן, v. כַּפְנָא; a. fr. 2) to be blown up, to swell. Targ. O. Num. 5:27, v. Ithpa. (Y. ותְנָפַח, prob. to be read: ותִתְנְפַח).Lev. R. s. 33; Cant. R. to II, 14, v. קוּלְתָא. Pa. נַפַּח same, to blow, cause swelling. Targ. Y. Num. 5:22 (O. לְאַפָּחָא, Af.; ed. Amst. לַאֲפָחָא); a. e.Part. pass. מְנַפַּח; f. מְנַפְּחָא; pl. מְנַפְּחִין; מְנַפְּחָן. Targ. Y. ib. 21.Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד כות׳ 1) כל עמא מְנַפְּחִין ליוכ׳ (I dreamt) all the people were blowing at me with their full cheeks. Ib. דאינון מנפחין (it meant) that it (the wheat) was swollen (through rain drippings). Snh.43a; B. Bath. 134b רב ששתוכ׳ מְנַפֵּח R. Sh. blew into his hand (intimating that the question raised was scurrilous); a. e. Af. אַפַּח, אֲפַח 1) to blow, swell. Targ. O. Num. 5:22, v. supra. Targ. Ps. 11:6 מַפְּחִין דאשתא (Ms. מפ׳ אש׳) blowers (winds) of fire (h. text פחים אש). 2) (with נפש) to incite longing, to cause despair. Targ. Job 31:39. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33 (h. text לאדיב).V. מַפַּח. Ittaf. אִתַּפַּח, Ithpa. אִתְנַפַּח, אִינַּ׳; Ithpe. אִתְנְפַח, אִינְּ׳ 1) to be swollen. Targ. Y. Num. 5:27 (v. supra; O. ויִפְּחוּן, ed. Berl. ויִפְחוּן). Targ. Job 19:26 (ed. Wil. אִתְּפָח; h. text נקפו). Targ. Koh. 12:5.Y.Maas. Sh. IV, end, 55c אִינַּפְּחָן the wheat shall swell (v. supra). 2) to be blown, ignited. Sabb.26a אינפח בה נורא she caught fire.