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npḥ, npḥˀ (nappāḥ, nappāḥā) n.m. smith
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smith
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgJ Is44:12↗ נַפָחָא מִבַרזְלָא חְצִינָא עָבֵיד‏ : the smith makes an axe out of iron ; FTP Num21:30↗ כרכא דנפחיא‏ : the city of the smiths [MT GN: נֹפַח] ; BT San 96a(26)↗ טבא דנפחא מדבר נפחא‏ : (the explanation) of the 'smith' is better than that of the 'son of the smith' ; Pishra D-ainia 714 ↗ sadana ḏparzla ḏgabra nipaia : the iron anvil of a smith ; PJ Num21:30↗ שוקא דנפחיא‏ : the smiths' market street
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בי נפחא : smithy
JBA
BT Git 69b(40)↗ לייתי ביניתא וליטוייה בי נפחא וליכליה‏ : he should get a leech and roast in at a smithy and eat it
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(zool.) בר נפחא : a type of bird
JBA
BT Hul 62b(18) text not cited : †
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 929[436]DJPA: 355aDJBA: 760aJastrow: 923Drower/Macuch: Not in MDJ. Payne-Smith: 343Levy Ch-W: 2:119

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