- נִי׳
- נִפְחָא, נִי׳ch. = h. נֶפֶח. B. Mets.80a (expl. קשה כמשאוי, v. נֶפֶח) נ׳ כי תקלאוכ׳ the volume of the load is like the weight, i. e. loads of the same volume are considered of the same weight as regards the stress on the animal, and if he added three Kab to the volume bargained for, he is responsible for any injury to the ass; ib. (expl. קשה למשאוי) תקלא … ינ׳ הויוכ׳ weight is weight, and the volume is an addition, i. e. if he changed the load for a more voluminous one although of the same weight, he is responsible for the additional volume. Tem.30b ניחא ליה בנִיפְחֵיה its fuller appearance is welcome to him; Ab. Zar.34b בנפחיה. B. Kam.47a נ׳ מאי (Ms. F. נִיפְחָהּ) how about the gain in value from its fuller appearance?
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.