נֵפְטְ m. (prob. a transpos. of נטף, a readaptation of νάφθα) naphtha. Sabb. II, 2. Ib. 26ᵃ אין מדליקין בנ׳ לבן וכ׳ white naphtha must not be used for lighting … because it is explosive. Ib. ומה יעשו … אלא נ׳ and what shall the Cappadocians do who have … only naphtha? Yoma 38ᵇ, sq. Y. Snh. VII, 24ᵇ bot. (v. שְׂרֵפָה) בפתילה של נ׳ the Mishnah, describing capital punishment by burning, means a wick saturated with naphtha. Y. Sot. VII, beg. 22ᵇ אש כנגד נ׳ שלהן ‘fire’ (Ps. XVIII, 13) corresponds to the arrows of the human armies tipped in naphtha; Pesik. R. s. 17 רמה בהן נ׳ he (the besieger) throws naphtha &c. (βέλη πυροφόρα or πυροβόλα).
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נֵפְטְ m. (prob. a transpos. of נטף , a readaptation of νάφθα) naphtha . Sabb. II, 2 . Ib. 26ᵃ אין מדליקין בנ׳ לבן וכ׳ white naphtha must not be used…
References
- Mishnah Shabbat 2:2
- Shabbat 26a:4
- Shabbat 26a:7
- Yoma 38b:16
- Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 7:2:3
- Jastrow, שְׂרֵפָה 1
- Psalms 18:13
- Pesikta Rabbati 17:1