מִטְפַּחַת f. (b. h.; טָפַח II) towel, apron (for wiping moist hands); in gen. bandage, wrap. Tosef. Ḥag. III, 2 מַטְפַּחתּוֹ his apron; Ḥag. II, 7. Kel. XXIV, 14 (מ׳) של ידים towel, של ספרים bands for scrolls; של תכריך bands around shrouds; ושל נבלי בני לוי and the wraps of the musical instruments of the Levites (Maim.); (oth. vers. של תכריך נבלי וכ׳ bands used for tying up the instruments &c.). Ib. XXVIII, 5 כסת שעשאה מ׳ a bag of a bolster which was changed into a plain sheet; a. fr.—Pl. מִטְפָּחוֹת. Ib. XXIV, 14 שלש מ׳ הן וכ׳ there are three kinds of mitpaḥoth, v. supra. Snh. 100ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) מתקני מִטְפְּחוֹת ספרים בי רבי וכ׳ Ms. M. were fitting up wraps for the books in the house of &c. Kil. IX, 3; a. fr.
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מִטְפַּחַת f. (b. h.; טָפַח II) towel, apron (for wiping moist hands); in gen. bandage, wrap . Tosef. Ḥag. III, 2 מַטְפַּחתּוֹ his apron; Ḥag. II, 7…
References
- Jastrow, טָפַח II 1
- Tosefta Chagigah 3:2
- Mishnah Chagigah 2:7
- Mishnah Kelim 24:14
- Jastrow, מ׳ 1
- Sanhedrin 100a:4
- Mishnah Kilayim 9:3