לְפַף ch., Pa. לַפֵּיף (interch. with לָפֵיף) 1) to swathe, bandage, wrap. Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 2. Targ. Lam. II, 22 לפיפית (some ed. לפפית).—Sabb. 66ᵇ; 147ᵇ לַפּוּפֵי ינוקא to swathe a new-born child.—Part. pass. (מְלַפַף) מְלַפַּף. Targ. II Chr. XXXIV, 15 (of a scroll, v. preced.). Targ. Lam. II, 20 (Ar. מִתְלַ׳ Ithpa.).—Trnsf. to handle in the way a child is swathed, to turn clay, mould, shape (cmp. עָצַב). B. Mets. 74ᵃ והא מחוסר לַפּוּפֵי ויבושי וכ׳ does it not require moulding, drying, putting into the stove &c. Ib. כגון דמְלַפְּפַן ומיבשן Ms. M. (ed. דמלפפה ויבישו, corr. acc.) when they have been moulded and dried. —2) to join, couple, loop. Targ. Ex. XXXVI, 10. Ib. 18 ללָפָפָא (Var. ללַפְפָא, ללַפָּפָא); a. fr.—Part. pass. מְלָפַף, מְלַפַּף. Ib. XXVI, 3; a. fr.
Ithpa. - אִתְלַפַּף to be swathed, v. supra.