- נפה
- נפי, נָפָה,Pi. נִיפָּה (denom. of נָפָה) to fan, winnow, sift. Maasr. IV, 5, v. נָפַח. B. Bath.94a אם בא לנַפּוֹת מְנַפֶּהוכ׳ if the buyer winnows (a sample of the wheat, and it is found to contain more than the legally allowed refuse), he winnows the entire quantity, and the seller has to indemnify him for the entire quantity lost by winnowing. Y.Maasr.IV, 51b bot. ובלבד שלא יְנַפֶּהוכ׳ (better יְנַפֵּהַ) but he must not blow the chaff out over a basket; a. e.Part. pass. מְנוּפֶּה; f. מְנוּפָּה. Men.X, 4; VI, 7 מנ׳ בשלש עשרה נפה sifted thirteen times. Ib. סלת מנ׳ כל צרכה fine flour sufficiently sifted. Tanḥ. Ttsavveh 5, v. סָלַת; a. e.Pesik. R. s. 3 (ref. to כברת, Gen. 48:7) מנ׳ … בכברה בזמן שהארץ (not ככברה) at a season when the ground can be sifted and be shaken in the sieve.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.