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נפח (a/a) vb. to blow, inflate, expire (→ נפח ; CPA ܢܦܚ LSp 126, SA נפח Ham 577:191+) Pe. 1. to blow: a. of wind: נפח צפונה (if) the north (wind) blows Tan 65b(11); b. of breath: ונפח TN Gen 2:7 [H ויפח ]; תיהוי נפח בפומך blow out with your mouth MS 55c(5); כל עמא נפחין ליה בלועיהון everyone was blowing at me with their throat EchRB 53:14; RHG 58b(17) // San 18c(47); EstR 7d(23); 2. to inflate, swell: מינפוח שרי it is permitted to inflate (the animal on a holiday) Bes 62b(3); ib. 5; part.pass. [cf. Sy ܢܦܝܚܐ LS 435]: כרסיך נפיחה TNGl Num 5:21 [H בטנך צבה ]; נפיח ככדא swelled up like a vessel VR 770:2 // SR 18a(1); pl. הויין קיימין נפיחין they (i.e. the wheat) are swollen (by the rain) EchRB 53:14; 3. to expire (of breath): תיפח רוחיה דההוא גברא may that man's breath expire! Ber 14b(50); MS 55b(51); Sab 11a(40); Sot 20c(45); BM 8c(48); BR 303:1; VR 622:5 // PRK 149:14; EchR 51:15; KohR 15d(37)Pa. 1. to blow [→ pe., mng. 1.b]: דכל עמא מנפחין לי בלועיהון EchR 53:8; 2. to swell: למנפחה TN Num 5:22 [H לצבות ]; מנפחי כפן ib. Dt 32:24 [H מזי רעב ]
Af. רוח ־ to cause distress: TN Gen 26:35 [H מרת רוח ]
Itpe. to be swollen [→ pe., mng. 2]: ותתRנXפח TN Num 5:27; TNGl ib. אינפחן (the wheat) became swollen MS 55c(7)
Itpa. id. [→ pa.]: ותתRנXפח TN Num 5:27; TNGl ib.
