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lpp (a/u) vb. to join
GDGtDtLt
Gpəˁalto join2 senses▶
1
to join
Syr, JBA
BT BB 4a(51)↗ השתא נמי אתי חבריה, לפיף לי׳‏ : now his neighbor also comes and connects it to him ; BT Ḥul 11a(14)↗ ה׳ם היכא דחתך ליה לגמרי אבל דלייף ליתלן בה‏ : this refers to where he cuts it off [i.e. the limb] completely, but if it is joined there is no objection to it
2
to wrap
JBAg
Dpaˁˁelto join together3 senses▶
1
to join together
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBAg, LJLA
TgO Ex26:3↗ חַמֵיש יְרִיעָן יְהוִיָן מְלָפְפָן חְדָא עִם חְדָא‏ : five cloth panels should be connected one to the other ; TNM Ex36:16↗ ולפף ית חמישתי יריען לחוד‏ : he joined the five curtains together separately ; PJ Ex36:18↗ ועבד פורפין דנחשא חמשין ללפפא ית משכנא למהוי חד‏ : he made fifty copper rings for connecting up the tabernacle to be a single unit
2
to wrap
LJLA
TgLamYem 2:22↗ וֻשאָר בְנַי דְלָפֵיפִית בִסדִינִין‏ : the rest of my children whom I wrapped in sheets
(1)
to swathe
JBA, LJLA
BT Šab 66b(27)↗ לפופי ינוקא‏ : swaddling a baby ; PJ Ex15:2↗ ומסחי יתן ומלפף יתן‏
3
to mould (?)
JBA
BT BM 74a(28)↗ והא מחוסר לפופי ויבושי ועיולי לבי אתונא ומשרף ואפוקי כגון דמלפפא ואיבישו‏ : does not (the ball of clay), in fact, lack ..., drying, placing in the furnace, firing, and removing? If, for instance, it was ... and dried
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be joined1 sense▶
to be joined
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Ex28:7var.↗ תְרֵין כַתפִין מְלַפְפָן לֵיה לִתרֵין סִטרוֹהִי וְיִתלָפַף"ויתלפיף"‏ : he should have two joined shoulder pieces on each of his sides and it should be joined † ; AphDem8.164:18↗ ܘܐܬܠܦܦ ܫܪ̈ܝܬܐ ܒܓ̈ܝܕܐ‏ : the joints were joined with ligaments
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be swathed1 sense▶
to be swathed
LJLA
TgLam2:20↗ עולימיא דמתלפפין בסדינין‏
Ltethpolal, ethpay/wcel, ethpālalto be joined1 sense▶
to be joined
JLAtg
TgO Ex39:4 var.↗ כִתפִין עַבְדוּ לֵיה מְלָפְפִין עַל תְרֵין סִטרוֹהִי מתלופיף‏
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See also s.v. lwp. DJBA "to associate" for the form למילף is a stretch. We assume "to learn" (< ylp) is the intent.

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