Jastrow: לֶפֶת

לֶפֶת f. (v. preced. wds.) something which goes with bread; vegetables. Ber. 44ᵇ, v. בַּית 4.—Gen. R. s. 15 חד אמר לפת לא פת היתה one says lefeth was lo-path (no food of man before he sinned, i.e. bread fully seasoned grew out of the ground, and no relish was required); ל׳ לא פת היא עתידה להיות lefeth will be no food, in the Messianic days; Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵃ bot.; Tanḥ. Ekeb 7 [read:] והאחד אומר היתה פת אלא עתידה לעשות לא פת (with ref. to פסת בר, Ps. LXXII, 16; cmp. Sabb. 30ᵇ, Midr. Till. to Ps. CIV, 12).—Esp. lefeth, turnip. Kil. I, 3. Ib. 9. Keth. 111ᵇ שועל קינן בל׳ ושקלוהו וכ׳ a fox made his nest in a turnip, and when they weighed it &c.; a. fr.—Pl. לִפְתּוֹת. Y. Ter. II, 41ᶜ bot. ראשי ל׳ turnip-heads. Yalk. Deut. 944. Snh. 19ᵇ bot. (ref. וילפת, Ruth III, 8, v. Targ.) שנעשה ב̇שׁר̇ו כראשי ל׳ his body became as soft as (boiled) turnip heads. Ber. 56ᵃ Ar., v. גַּרְגְּלִידָא; a. e.