אפה

Arabic

Noun

אפה • (ʾāfa) f (plural אפאת‎ (ʾāfāt))

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of آفَة‎ (ʔāfa, “damage, calamity, plague”)‎‎
    • Exodus 10:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ‏תׄם קאל אללה למוסי אדכׄל אלי פרעון פאני קד קוית קלבה וקלב קואדה לכי אחל אפאתי הדׄה בהם׃‎‎
      ṯumma qāla llāhu limūsā dḵul ʾilā firʿawna faʾinnī qad qawwaytu qalbahu waqalba quwwādihi likay ʾuḥilla ʾāfātī hāḏihi bahum.
      Then God said to Moses: Come to Pharaoh for I have just strengthened his heart and the heart of his commanders so that I might set upon them these my plagues.

Hebrew

Root
א־פ־ה‎ (ʾ-p-h)

Verb

אָפָה • (afá) (pa'al construction, infinitive לֶאֱפוֹת‎, future יֹאפֶה‎, imperative אֱפֵה, passive participle אָפוּי‎, passive counterpart נֶאֱפָה‎)

  1. to bake
    ‏הוא אוהב לאפות לחם.‎‎
    hu ohev le'efot lekhem.
    He loves to bake bread.
    • Genesis 19:3, with translation of the New International Version:
      ‏וַיִּפְצַר־בָּם מְאֹד וַיָּסֻרוּ אֵלָיו וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם מִשְׁתֶּה וּמַצּוֹת אָפָה וַיֹּאכֵלוּ׃‎‎
      But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
    • 1055, Samuel ibn Naghrillah, אִם תֵּבְךְּ (“If you cry”):
      ‏לוּ יֶחֱזֵנִי נָח, וְהוּא רָשׁ, יֵדַע / בַּמֶּה יְמִינִי הוֹד וְהוֹן אָסָפָה. ¶ מֵרִיב בְּיָגֵעַ וְאוֹפֶה סֹלֶת / פִּיו יַאֲכִיל סֹלֶת אֲשֶׁר לוֹ אָפָה.‎‎
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    • 1935, Shai Agnon, סיפור פשוט (“A Simple Story”) (translated by Hillel Halkin):
      ‏ […] וידיה הקטנת עושות מלאכה הרבה, מבשלת ואופה ומכבסת ומאחה את הקרעים.‎‎
      […] and her small hands did every kind of task: the cooking and the baking and the washing and the mending.

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