Lexical Definition

‎אָפָה‎ ʼâphâh (aw-faw') to bake ^H:V
a primitive root

bake(-r, (-meats)).

• to cook, especially to bake

1) to bake
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bake
1a2) (subst) baker
1b) (Niphal) to be baked, baked

See Greek: ποιέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָפָה‎ verb bake (Assyrian êpû, Zim ^{BP 43} Aramaic ‎אֲפָא‎ ) —

Qal Perfect, ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 19:3 ‎אָפִיתִי‎ Isa 44:19 ‎וְאָפו‎ consecutive Lev 26:26 etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular suffix ‎וַתֹּפֵהו‎1Sam 28:24 ‎יאֹפו‎ Ezek 46:20 ‎תּאֹפו‎ Exod 16:23 Imperative ‎אֵפו‎ Exod 16:23 Participle ‎אֹפֶה‎ Gen 40:1+; ‎אֹפֵהֶם‎ Hos 7:6 plural ‎אֹפִים‎ Gen 40:16 +; ‎אֹפוֺת‎ 1Sam 8:13, etc. — bake, object ‎לֶחֶם‎Lev 26:26 (H) Isa 44:15; Isa 44:19 (compare Jer 37:21); ‎מַצּוֺת‎ Gen 19:3 (J) 1Sam 28:24 ‎עֻגוֺת מצות‎ Exod 12:39 (J); ‎חַלּוֺת‎ Lev 24:5 (H); ‎מִנְחָה‎ Ezek 46:20 ‎מָן‎ Exod 16:23 (twice in verse). (P; — c 2nd object of material Exod 12:39 ‎בָּצֵק‎, Lev 24:5 ‎סֹלֶת‎, 1Sam 28:24 ‎קֶמַח‎). Participle always as substantive baker Gen 40:1; Gen 40:2; Gen 40:5; Gen 40:16; Gen 40:17; Gen 40:20; Gen 40:22; Gen 41:10 (all E) Hos 7:4; Hos 7:6; Jer 37:21 ‎׳‎‎מִחוּץ הָא‎ out of the bakers' street; also 1Sam 8:13 (|| ‎טַבָּחוֺת‎, ‎רַקָּחוֺת‎ only here feminine) Nowhere as a menial office, not even 1Sam 8:13 where despotic power & growth of court emphasized. Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תֵּאָפֶה‎ Lev 6:10*; Lev 7:9 3 feminine plural ‎תֵּאָפֶינָה‎ Lev 23:17 — passive of Qal be baked, baken of ‎לֶחֶם‎ Lev 23:17 ‎מִנְחָה‎ Lev 7:9 compare Lev 6:10*.

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