Jastrow: תָּפַח I

תָּפַח I (Tafel of נ־פח) to be blown up, swell. Pes. III, 4 (48ᵇ), v. לָטַשׁ. Sabb. 91ᵃ הוציא … ותָפְחָה וכ׳ if he carried out (on the Sabbath) the size of half a dried fig, intending to sow it, and it swelled (to the size of a whole fig) &c., v. צָמַק. Tosef. Shebi. II, 14 כדי שיִתְפַּח in order that it (the dung) may swell (or become moist, v. תָּפַח III). Mikv. VII, 7 כדי שיִתְפְּחוּ המים that the water may rise in volume. Num. R. s. 921 ויִתְפַּח צוארה (not ותפח) and her throat shall swell. Y. Ter. II, 41ᵈ top אתה רואה את הצמק כאילו ת׳ look upon the shrivelled fruit as if it were blown up (of full size). Ib. לִתְפּוֹחַ, v. תֶּפַח; a. fr.—Part. pass. תָּפוּחַ round and smooth. Y. Nidd. III, 50ᵈ bot. ראשו ת׳ כתורמוס the head (of the embryo) is round and smooth as a lupine; כקרקבן as a bird’s maw.