נפח

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *napaḫ-.

Verb

נָפַח or נְפַח • (nāp̄aḥ or nəp̄aḥ)

  1. to blow, to exhale to breathe

References
  • “npḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
נ־פ־ח (n-p-ḥ)

From Proto-Semitic *napaḫ-.

Pronunciation
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Verb

נָפַח • (nafákh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to blow, exhale

Conjugation

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Conjugation of נָפַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לנפוח / לִנְפֹּחַ
  • action noun: נְפִיחָה
  • passive participle: נָפוּחַ
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נָפַחְתִּינָפַחְנוּ
second נָפַחְתָּנָפַחְתְּנְפַחְתֶּם1נְפַחְתֶּן1
third נָפַחנָפְחָהנָפְחוּ
present נוֹפֵחַנוֹפַחַתנוֹפְחִיםנוֹפְחוֹת
future first אֶפַּחניפח / נִפַּח
second תיפח / תִּפַּחתיפחי / תִּפְּחִיתיפחו / תִּפְּחוּתיפחנה / תִּפַּחְנָה2
third ייפח / יִפַּחתיפח / תִּפַּחייפחו / יִפְּחוּתיפחנה / תִּפַּחְנָה2
imperative פַּחפְּחִיפְּחוּפַּחְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced נָפַחְתֶּם and נָפַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

נִפֵּחַ • (nipéakh) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ניפח

Noun

נַפָּח • (nápakh) m (plural indefinite נַפָּחִים, singular construct נַפַּח־, plural construct נַפָּחֵי־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. smith, blacksmith

Noun

נֶפַח • (nefákh) m (plural indefinite נְפָחִים, singular construct נֶפַח־, plural construct נִפְחֵי־)

  1. volume

References
  1. “לוחות נטיית הפועל”, in The Academy of the Hebrew Language website (in Hebrew), 2024 March 18 (last accessed)
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