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npḥ, nypḥˀ (npaḥ, nepḥā) n.m. volume
1
volume
JBA
BT BM 80a(31)↗ ניפחא כי תיקלא‏ : volume is (as difficult to bear) as weight ; BT BM 80a(33)↗ תיקלא כתיקלא וניפחא הוי תוספת‏ : weight is one thing (i.e., it does not include volume), while volume constitutes an addition
2
full shape, appearance
JBA
BT AZ 34b(43)↗ ניחא ליה בניפחיה דשביח‏ : he wants its [i.e. the ox's] full appearance, since it is valuable ; BT Tem 30b(15)↗ גבי ע׳ז ניחא ליה בניפחיה גבי שור הנסקל לא ניחא ליה בניפחיה‏ : in the case of suspicion of paganism he wants its full shape, in the case of the "stoned ox" he doesn't care about its full shape
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Meaning 2 is based on the interpretation used by DJBA, but 'volume' (i.e. 'amount') is probably equally acceptable for those passages.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 752bJastrow: 923

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