מַנְצְפַ"ךְ m. pl. Mantsʾfakh, a vox memorialis for the five letters (מ, נ, צ, פ, a. ך) which have separate forms at the end of words. Y. Meg. I, 71ᵈ מ׳ הלכה וכ׳ the double forms for the five letters are a Mosaic tradition. Ib. מהו מ׳ … מ̇ה שהתקינ̇ו לך̇ הצ̇ופ̇ים what does the vox M. intimate? What the inspired seers (prophets) have instituted for thee; Gen. R. s. 1. Ib.; Sabb. 104ᵃ; Meg. 2ᵇ מ׳ צופים אמרום M. intimates that the seers indited them; Num. R. s. 18; Tanḥ. Korah 12.
מַנְצְפַ"ךְ
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מַנְצְפַ"ךְ m. pl. Mantsʾfakh , a vox memorialis for the five letters ( מ , נ , צ , פ , a. ך ) which have separate forms at the end of words. Y. Meg.…
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- Jastrow, מ 1
- Jastrow, נ 1
- Jastrow, צ 1
- Jastrow, פ 1
- Jastrow, כ 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 1:9:13
- Yoma 2a
- Bereishit Rabbah 1:11
- Shabbat 104a:1
- Megillah 2b:23
- Bamidbar Rabbah 18:21