אָפָה

אפי, אָפָה(b. h.; √אף, v. אפף) (to heat, darken, cmp. חמץ, to bake. Keth.V, 5 ואוֹפָה and must bake. Pes.116a. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 45a bot. א׳ ג׳ תנורים baked three ovenfulls of bread; a. fr.Part. pass. אָפוּי baked, (as a noun) pastry. Pesik. R. s. 16 א׳ אחדוכ׳ (some ed. עפוי; Pesik. Eth Korb. p. 58b>, Yalk. Num. 777 שבוי corr. acc.) I charged thee with the furnishing of one kind of pastry (to supply the governors household).Pl. אֲפוּיִים. Mekh. Bshall. Vay. 4.Fem. אֲפוּיָה. Gen. R. s. 67 (play on epho, Gen. 27:37) פתך א׳ thy bread is baked, thou shalt have to eat without labor. Ib. פורניתא א׳ (read פורניתך), v. פּוֹרָנִית a. פּוֹרְנִי. Nif. נֶאֱפָה to be baked. Cant. R. to IV, 11 (play on epho, v. supra) מי נ׳ בתנור זה who is to be baked in this oven (hell)?Men.XI, 1; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְאַפֶּה same. Mekh. l. c. היה מִתְאַפֶּה became baked of itself. Sifré Num. 89 המתְאַפִּים בתנור things baked in the oven.