הֲפַךְ, הָפֵיךְ, יַהֲפוֹךְ , same (v. אֲפַךְ) 1) to turn, change. Targ. Ps. CV, 29; a. fr.—Y. Sabb. XVI, end, 15ᵈ ה׳ אפוי he turned his face off. —2) to overturn, destroy. Targ. Gen. XIX, 25; a. fr. —3) (neut. verb) to turn around. Targ. Prov. XXVI, 11; a. e.—Num. R. s. 12 כהדין ברנש … הָפוּךְ לאחוריו like one going down a ladder backwards; Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵃ כאילין דסלקין בסולמא הֲפִיךְ like those who ascend a ladder backward; Yalk. Job 912 [read:] כהדין דסלקין בסולמא הפוך (v. Lattes Saggio p. 106). —4) (with ב) to be engaged in, to handle. Pes. 113ᵃ (prov.) הֲפוֹךְ בנבילתא ולא תֵיפוֹךְ וכ׳ deal in carcasses, but deal not in words (gossip, sophistry &c.). Y. B. Kam. IV, beg. 4ᵃ אנא הפך ומתהפך בדידי וכ׳ I turn around my stock of goods (selling and buying again), so that I reach thee in profits. Ab. V, 22 הֲפוֹךְ בה וכ׳ study it over and again; a. fr.—V. הֲפִיכָא.
Pa. - הַפֵּיךְ l) (= h. הֵשִׁיב) to turn; to bring back, restore; to turn off (wrath), to appease; to give in return, reply. Targ. Prov. XXV, 13.—Ib. XXIX, 8.—Ib. XXIV, 29 Ms. (ed. אַהֲפֵיךְ Af.).—Ib. 26.—2) to handle, be engaged in, barter, study (v. Pe. 4). Kidd. 59ᵃ דוה מְהַפֵּיךְ בההיא וכ׳ was negotiating about a field. Sabb. 119ᵃ כמה דלא מְהַפִּיכְנָא בזכותיה before I study what might be said in his favor. Pes. 40ᵃ דמְהַפְּכֵי כיפי who handle sheaves; כי מְהַפְּכִיתוּ הַפִּיכוּ וכ׳ (Ms. M. הפכיתו) when ye handle (them), handle them with the thought that they will be used for a religious purpose.—Part. pass. מְהַפַּךְ. Y. Maasr. III, end, 51ᵃ היא הפכה והיא מְהַפְּכָה it turns and is turned in all directions (studied over and again), but we can learn nothing from it.