נְפַץ ch. same 1) to scatter, shake out. Targ. O. Gen. XXIV, 20 (ed. Berl. נְפַצַּת). Targ. Jud. VI, 38 ed. Lag. (ed. נפק, incorr.).—Nidd. 31ᵃ (prov.) פּוּץ מלחא ושדי וכ׳ shake the salt off, and throw the meat to the dog (when life escapes, the body decays). Gen. R. s. 36 (ref. to נפצה, Gen. IX, 19) לדגה … דנַפְצָה עוברה וכ׳ like a large fish that scatters its roe &c.; a. e.—Snh. 67ᵇ דנָפֵיץ (Rashi מְנַפֵּץ) he scattered, i.e. blew his nose —2) to shatter, break. Targ. Jud. VII, 19. —3) to beat, hatchel. Yoma 20ᵇ, v. אֲגַר II.—Part. pass. נְפִיץ. Ḥull. 51ᵇ, a. e. כיתנא דדייק ולא נ׳ flax which has been pounded, but not carded (freed of hard substances). —4) to snap a chalked cord for marking. Targ. Is. XLIV, 13.
Pa. - נַפֵּיץ same. Targ. Jer. LI, 34.—Ib. XXIII, 29, v. נְפַע.—Targ. Esth. I, 11 ומְנַפְּסָן.—Part. pass. מְנַפַּץ. Targ. Is. XXVII, 9.—B. Kam. 93ᵇ נַפְּצֵיה נַפּוּצֵי, v. סְרַק II. Sabb. 147ᵃ מְנַפְּצֵי גלימייהו shaking their cloaks. Ib. נַפּוּצוּ וכ׳ shake them in his face. Ḥull. 113ᵃ ומְנַפֵּיץ ליה and shakes the salt off. Ib. 76ᵇ נַפְּצֵיה וכ׳ he split it, and found two nerves; a. e.—[B. Bath. 45ᵃ מפצי; Keth. 91ᵇ, sq. מפצינא, v. פְּצָא.]