- אופיי
- אוּפֵי, אוּפְיֵיf. pl. (= עֳפִי Dan. 4:9; cmp. b. h. עָנָף, a. אִיבָּא, אִנְבָּא) branches, esp. dry twigs, spray-wood. Ber.44b א׳ פרסייתא twigs of Persian trees. Ḥull.105a פתכא דא׳ Ar. (ed. אופיי) a bundle of twigs. B. Mets.30b. Git. 61a שדי אופיי (Ar. אופי) threw twigs down (which he cut off), and dates fell off (v. Tossaf. a. l.).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
