A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/טפח - טפיח
slap (dough &c., to dabble); a. e. -- 2) to clap hands to a certain tune in rejoicing or mourning, v. טיפוח. Bets. V, 2 וכ׳ מטפחין לא we must not clap hands, or strike upon the knees, or stamp on the Holy Day. M. Kat. III, 8 מטפחות לא אבל מענות may sing the dirge but must not clap. Ib. 9. Num. R. s. 4 . . . וטופה מקיש שהיה he kknocked his hands against each other and clapped; ib. וטפח. Cant. R. to II, 14 באגפיה מטפחת clapped her wings. --- 3) to collect the contents of a broken vessel by palming, to wipe with the palm. Ter. XI, . Sabb. 143b בשמן יטפח ולא must not use the palm for collecting oil in the broken vessel. Hif. הכפיח same. Ab. Zar. 60b, v. supra.
טפח, Pa. טפח ch. same, 1) to close carefully. B. Kam. 23a באפיה ט׳ לא (Ms. H. טפא, v. טפי IV) he did not carefully close (the stable) before him. -- 2) to slap, strike with hand, stammp with foot. Targ. II Kings XIX, 24; Is. XXXVII, 25. Targ. Ez. XXI, 17; 19; a. fr. -- Targ. Jon. IV, 8 וכ׳ שמשא ט׳ the sun beat upon &c. -- B. Kam. 32b בסנדליה רבא ליה ט׳ Raba struck him upon his (R. Shimi's) sandal (to silence him); M. Kat. 25a; B. Bath. 22a; a. e. -- 3) to clap hands. Y. Snh. II, beg. 19d; Y. Hor. III, beg. 47a בחדא ט׳ שרי וכ׳ he made the motion of clapping with one hand; טפחין ובחדא do people clap with one hand?; a. e. --) to strike, forge. Targ. Ps. CXLI, 5; Targ. Is. XLI, 7 (h. text הלם).
טפח II (cmp. טפף II) to drip, be moist. Sabb. 17a וכ׳ טופח משקה עדיין moisture is still dripping on them. Yoma 78a להטפיח ע״מ טופח moist enough to moisten other objects; Ab. Zar. 60b להטפיח ע״ב טופח Ms. M. (ed. להט׳ ט׳). Toh. VIII, 9; a. fr. -- 2) (cmp. דאב, דוי) to melt, decay, ferment (of a running and fermenting dough). B. Mets. 59b ט׳ . . בצק אף (Ms. R. 2 תפח, v. תפח) even the dough under the hands of the kneading women fer- mented. -- Y. Yeb. XII, end, 13a עלי רוחי וטפח; Yalk. Prov. 964 וכ׳ טפחה my mind in me became fermenting, i. e. I felt proud (v. טוף). -- PPart. pass. טפוח decaying, languishing (from starvation). Sifra B'huck. Par. 2, ch. vI רעב טפוחי (v. תפח). Hif. הטפיח to moisten, wet. Yoma 78a מטפחת טינא clay which makes wet (those sitting on it). Ib.; Ab. Zar. 60b להטפיח, v. supra. Ber. 25a שמטפיחין זמן כל as long as the spot is wet enough to moisten.
טפח m. (b. h.; v. טפח I) hand-breadth, breadth of four fingers joined. Succ. 4b, a. fr. ט׳ וכפרת תשעה ארון the Ark was nine handbreadths high, and the lid one. Ib. 7a שוחק ט׳ a liberal hand-breadth (four fingers not closely joined). v. אמה. -- Yoma 55a top כפורת של כטיפחה Ar. a. Ms. M. 2 a. Ms. O. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9, ed. עוביה) the hand-breadth, iii.. e. the hight, of the lid, v. supra.; a. v. fr. -- Pl. טפחים, Du. טפחיים. Taan. 25b; a. v. fr. [טפחין, or טפחין, v. שפיח II.]
טפטיאות, טפטיות, v. טפיטא.
טפטף, v. טפף II.
טפי, טפא I (cmp. טפח II) 1) to grow faint, to die out, be ertinguished. Targ. ISam. III, 3. Targ. Job XVIII,. , sq.; a. e. - Y. Sabb. I, 3b bot. וכ׳ דיטפי בעיין אילין they (the children) desire that the lamp grow dim (so that they need not study, and therefore will not snuf it). Lev. R. s. 9 טפי בוצינא אשכחא she found the lamp gone out; (Y. Sot. I, 16d bot. מיטפי lthpe); a. e. -- 2) to put out, ex- tinguish. Targ. Cant. VIII, 7. Targ. II Sam. XXI, 17; a. e. -- Y. Yoma VIII, 45b מטטפתה בעי wanted to put it out; Y. Ned. IV, 38d מיטפייה (read מיטפינה). Ib. אימי ר׳ אפי׳ יטפי (or Af.) even R. I. would have been permitted to extinguish the fire on the Sabbath. Af. אטפי same. Tanh. Vayigg. 5 אנא כלתך דתמר נורא מטפי I will put out the fire intended for Tamar &c. (Iwill curb thy passion; Yalk. Gen. 150 מנהרין אנן we shall light for thee). thpe. איתטפי, איטפי to be extinguished, grow dim. Y. Sabb. VI, 8c bot.. [readn] איתטפי לא לה אמרה בוצינא איטפי וכ׳ בוצינא מיטפי לא אמרי is the light out? Said she, it is not out. Cpon which they said (this means) the light of Israel is not extinguished (R. A. is not dead). Y. Sot. I, 16d bot., v. supra. Y. Hag. II, 77c top ואיטפיית and the fire over the grave was extinguished (v. דמך). טפר, טפא II (= h. צפה, v. טיף) 1) to foat. Targ. Y. 1x. XXVI, 28 טפי והוה (not והות). -- 2) to flood. Y. Snh. X, 29a bot. עלמא מטפא ובעי and wanted to in- undate the world. ׳Af. אטפי (denom. of טיפא) to drop. Targ. Job XV, 8 some ed. (v. טפף II).
טפי, טפא III (v. טפף I) 1) to join, add, increase. Taan. 24a וכ׳ לה טפו אי when they put on too much or too little. Ab. Zar. 9a וכ׳ עלייהו וניטפי and let him add thereto twenty years. Yoma 35a אהני וט׳ מהני בציר אי if he makes the ones less in value and adds to the value of the others; a. fr. -- Part. טפי, f טפיא more. Sabb. 19a ט׳ אי if it is more in measure (than before washing).. -- Ab. Zar. 9b וכ׳ ט׳ דמתניתא the calculation of the Bo- raitha is three years more. -- Adv. טפי more. Gitt. 44a, a. e., v. חד II. -- R. Hash. 26b bct. מעלי ט׳ . . .. . כמה the more .. . . the better it is. B. Bath. 144b ט׳ חריף he is smarter (than his brother); a. fr.
*טפי, טפא IV (v. P. Sm. 1502) = טפ I, to close. Targ. Job V, 16 טפית(some ed. טפית PPa.), v. טפ. - B. Kam. 23a, v. טפח. [Targ. Cant. II, 8, v. טפ.]
טפי m. (= טפיח I, v. טפי II) [dripper,] vessel with a narrow neck. Kel. II, 3 לענבים שהתקיננו ט׳ a pitcher which was made with the intention of using it for grapes. Ib. III, 2. Neg. XII, 5 טפיו (R. S. a. l. תפיו) man's oil vessels.
טפיא f., v. טפי III. - [טפיא m., v. next w.]
טפיח I m. (טפח II, v. טפי) 1) pitcher for drawing water for drinking or hand-washing. Sabb. XVII, 6 (125b), v. זמורה. Ib. XXIV, 5 v. פקק. B. Bath. 63a ggive him a share in my well לט׳ Ms. M. a. Rashb. (ed.