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npyḥ (np̄īḥ) adj. inflated
1
bloated, inflated
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA
TgO Deut32:24↗ נְפִיחֵי כְפַן‏ : those bloated by famine ; VR 770:2(1)↗ כד נפ{ו}<י>ח ככדא‏ : (the letters) כד (in Nebuchadnezzar) mean "bloated like a pot" ; GT PP Exod14:31↗ במיחזיהון בעיל דבב נפיח על כיף ימא‏ : when they saw the enemy bloated on the seashore ; SamTgJ Num5:21↗ ית ירכיך נפלן וית מעיך אנפיחן‏ ; BT Tan 19b(7)↗ והוו נפישין נפיחי כפן בטבריה‏ : there were many bloated by famine in Tiberias ; PJ Lev21:20↗ דפחדוי נפיחן וקליטן‏ : or one whose testicles are inflated or undescended
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overheated, steaming
Man, LJLA
TgJob41:12↗ מאפותיה יפוק קוטרא היך דודא נפיח‏ : smoke comes out of his forehead as from an overheated pot † 
2
fig.: puffed up, arrogant
CPA, Syr
CPA IITim3:4↗ ܡܣܘܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܫܘ̈ܥܝܢ ܢܦܝ̈ܚܝܢ‏ : traitors, reckless, arrogant ones
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inspired [Grk. calque]
Syr
ChrPsD2 15:27↗ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܢܒ̈ܝܐ ܩܕ̈ܝܫܐ ܘܕܡ̈ܠܦܢܐ ܢܦܝܚܝ ܡܢ ܪܘܚܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ‏ : the words of the sainted prophets and of the teachers inspired by the Holy Spirit ; JEhCh 46a:14 ܟܬܒܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ ܘܢܦܝܚ ܡܢ ܪܘܚܐ‏ : divine scripture and inspired by the spirit ; ROrChr 17 152:12 ܟܬܝ̈ܒܬܟܘܢ ܢܦܝ̈ܚܬܐ ܒܪܘܚܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ‏ : your writings inspired by the Holy Spirit ; SevAntLet I:177:4 ܟܬܒܐ ܢܦܝܚ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ‏ : God-inspired scripture
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 930[435]DJPA: 355aDJBA: 760bDrower/Macuch: 303aJ. Payne-Smith: 344Tal Sam: 536DCPA[Schulthess]: 268[]

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