נַפָּצָא, נַפָּסָא m. (preced.) flax-beater, carder. Yeb. 118ᵇ; Keth. 75ᵃ דנ׳ גברא תיקרייה וכ׳ though the husband be a carder, his wife will call him out to the threshold and sit down (proud of her husband); [Ar. נפסא: a guardsman in the vegetable garden, denom. of נָפוֹס.]
נַפָּצָא
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נַפָּצָא , נַפָּסָא m. ( preced. ) flax-beater, carder . Yeb. 118ᵇ ; Keth. 75ᵃ דנ׳ גברא תיקרייה וכ׳ though the husband be a carder, his wife will…
References
- Jastrow, נְפַץ 1
- Yevamot 118b
- Ketubot 75a:6
- Jastrow, נָפוֹס 1