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npṣ (a/e) vb. to shake out
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto shake off loose material from something3 senses▶
1
to shake off loose material from something
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man
TgJ Jud6:38↗ וֻנפַץ טַלָא מִן גִזְתָא‏ : he shook the dew off the fleece ; OS LkCur10:11↗ ܐܦ ܚܠܐ ܕܕܒܩ ܒܪ̈ܓܠܝܢ ܢܦܨܝܢ ܐܢܚܢܢ‏ : we shake off the dust clinging to our feet ; LG 5:4(1)↗ ܦܸܨܘ ܚܸܠܵܐ ܕܪܸ̈ܓܠܲܝܟܘ݂ܢ‏ : shake off the dust of your feet ; Addai.22.19↗ ܚܠ݂ܐ ܕܪ̈ܓܠܝ ܢ݁ܦܨ ܐܢܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ݂‏ ; BT Ket 106a(23)↗ כי הוו קיימי רבנן ממתיבתי̇ה̇ ונפצי גלימייהו ̇הוה ס̇ליק אבקא וכסי ליה ליום‏ : when the students used to get up from his [i.e. Rav Huna's] academic session and shake off their garments, the dust used to rise up and conceal the sun ; ShPDm 118↗ npaṣ kanpẖ mn hizda : shake off his skirts from shame
(1)
to scatter, throw about
Syr, JBA
IAB 477:4 ܘܢܦܨܝܢ ܫܕܝܢ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܦܪܬ‏ : they throw them scattered into the Euphrates ; AphDem14.251:15↗ ܘܢܦܨ ܫܫ̈ܠܬ‏
(2)
to scutch or hackle (flax)
JBA
BT Šab 20b(25)↗ כיתנא דדייק ולא נפיץ‏ : flax that is beaten but not hackled
(3)
to discharge
OfAIdeog., Gal, Syr
BR 336:11(1)↗ לדגה גדולה דנפצת עוברה‏ : like a large fish that discharged its roe ; JSB4 412:18↗ ܐܝܟ ܝܠܕܬܐ ܕܢܦܨܐ ܥܘܠܗ݀ ܘܢܝܚܝܢ ܟܐܒ̈ܝܗ‏ : like the woman giving birth who discharges her womb and her pain are alleviated ; Nat 51:7↗ ܥܐܠܐ ܕܪܩܩܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ ܘܢܵܦܨܵܐ ܐܢܘ݁ܢ ܡܢܗ݀ ܒܓܘ ܚܵܠܐ ܘܡܝ̈ܐ‏ : (the mother crab) enters a watery swamp and discharges (its young) from it into the sand and water
(1)
to abort
JBAg, Man
Sass290 89:17 ושדית על באבא דאיתתא מעברתא נפצא‏ : (if you write a destructive incantation) and throw it onto the doorway of a pregnant woman she will abort (?) ; AM 243:10↗ ˁnšia baṭinata ninipṣun
(2)
to empty out (trans.)
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Gen24:20↗ וְאוֹחִיאַת וֻנפַצַת קוּלְתַה לְבֵית שִקיָא‏ ; P Gn24:20↗ ܘܢܦ݂ܨܬ ܩܘܠܬܗ݀ ܠܫܩܝܐ‏ : [MT וַתְּעַר כַּדָּהּ אֶל־הַשֹּׁקֶת]
(3)
to lay eggs, spawn
Gal, Syr
BR 336:11(1)↗ לדגה גדולה דנפצת עוברה ומלת כל ארעא‏ : the big fish that spawned its roe and filled the whole world
2
fig.:
Syr
(1)
ܚܲܡܪܵܐ : to shake off a hangover
Syr
P 1S25:37↗ ܘܢܦܨܗ ܚܡܪܗ‏ ; IshGen 167:13↗ ܠܘܛ ܕܝܢ ܡ݂ܢ ܕܢܦܨܗ ܚܡܪܗ‏
(2)
to despoil
Syr
3
to snap a cord for measuring
JLAtg
TgJ Is44:13↗ נַגָרָא אָעִין נָפֵיץ בְחוּטָא‏ : the carpenter measures wood with a cord †
(1)
w. qwm : to spring up suddenly
Man
GS 93:23↗ npaṣ qam mn kursiẖ : he jumped up from his chair
Dpaˁˁelto shake off repeatedly or of many objects2 senses▶
1
to shake off repeatedly or of many objects
Syr, JBA, Man
BT AZ 72b(21)↗ נפיצו נפוצי‏ : shake (the wine) out vigorously
(1)
w. ܡܢ : to free of
Syr
JSB5 581:2↗ ܚܝܬ ܡܝ̈ܬܐ ܡܢܦܨܐ ܠܦܓܪܐ ܡܢ ܟܠ ܟܐܒ̈ܝܢ‏ : the resurrection of the deeds frees the body of all pains
(2)
to hackle (plur.)
LJLA
TgEsth101:11↗ מנפצן לה עמר וכיתן ביומא דשבתא‏ : they hackle wool and flax for her on the Sabbath
(3)
to scatter widely
JLAtg
TgJ Is27:9↗ בְשַוָיוּתֵיה כָל אַבנֵי אֵיגוֹרָא כְאַבנֵי גִיר מְנֻפָצָן‏ : by his making all the stones of the pagan shrine like widely scattered plastered stones †
(4)
to purge, evacuate
Syr
(1)
to vomit
Syr
Med 421:14 ܡܢܲܦܨܝ݂ܢ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܕܡ ܕܲܡܚܲܒܲܠ ܘܲܡܠܹܐ ܦܠܸܓܡܵܐ‏ : they mostly vomit out what is corrupted and full of phlegm
(2)
to despoil completely
Syr
P Ex3:22↗ ܘܢ݁ܦܨ݁ܘ ܠܡܨܪ̈ܝܐ‏
2
to crush
Syr
P Ps2:9↗ ܐܝܟ ܡܐ̈ܢܝ ܦܚܪܐ ܬܢܦܨ ܐܢܘܢ‏
Cˀafˁelto exude metal (?)2 senses▶
1
to exude metal (?)
JLAtg
TgJ 1Sam13:21↗ וֻלאַנָצָא"ולאפצא"ולאנצבא" זְקַת‏ : †
2
to make abort
Man
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto shake oneself off3 senses▶
1
to shake oneself off
Syr
JulSok 291(142):10↗ ܩܡ ܘܐܬܢܦܨ ܡܢ ܩܛܡܐ‏ ; P Is52:2↗ ܐܬܢܦܨܝ ܡܢ ܥܦܪܐ‏
(1)
to lay one's eggs
Syr
P Is34:15↗ ܘܬܡܢ ܐܩܢܬ ܩܘܦܕܐ ܘܐܬܢܦܨܬ‏
2
to be shaken off
Man
3
to spring up
Man
GS 93:23↗ uhaizak ˁnpiṣ mn kursiẖ qam : then he shook himself (awake?) and rose from his chair
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be cast out, expelled2 senses▶
1
to be cast out, expelled
Syr
BHBS.M Min 1.1.5.8 ܟܐ̈ܦܐ ܕܡܢ ܗܛܢܝ ܡܬܢܦܨ̈ܢ‏ : rocks that are expelled from Mt. Etna ; P Ju20:31↗ ܘܐܬܢܦܨܘ ܡܢ ܩܪܝܬܐ‏
2
to shake oneself off
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Is52:2↗ אִתנַפַצִי מֵעַפרָא‏ : † ; EphBread 19:28a↗ ܥܪܽܘܩܘ ܘܲܐܪܚܸܩܘ ܡܸܢܸܗ | ܕܗܵܐ ܡܸܬܢܲܦܲܨ‏ : flee far from him, for he is shaking himself off [Dt metri causa!]
(1)
to be purged
Syr
IshPs 23(2)↗ ܡܐ ܕܐܫܬܓܪܘ ܒܐܬܘܢܐ܃ ܡܬܢܦܨܝܢ ܡܢ ܟܠܗ݀ ܪܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܘܩܢܝܢ ܫܪܝܪܘܬܐ ܘܚܝܨܘܬܐ‏ : when they have been fired in the oven they are purged of all moisture and acquire firmness and stiffness
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Compare nps. Contra LS2, there is little certainty that the obscure passage about the hedgehog in P Is34:15 means anything other than "shake oneself off".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 932[437]DJPA: 356bDJBA: 763aJastrow: 925Drower/Macuch: 303b, 362aJ. Payne-Smith: 345Levy Ch-W: 2:121DNWSI: 741Audo: 2:106BarBahlul: 144:6
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