אָפָה

Qal Perfect, ׳א 1 Mos 19,3 אָפִיתִי Es 44,19 וְאָפו consecutive 3 Mos 26,26 etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular suffix וַתֹּפֵהו1 Sam 28,24 יאֹפו Ezk 46,20 תּאֹפו 2 Mos 16,23 Imperative אֵפו 2 Mos 16,23 Participle אֹפֶה 1 Mos 40,1+; אֹפֵהֶם Hos 7,6 plural אֹפִים 1 Mos 40,16 +; אֹפוֺת 1 Sam 8,13, etc. — bake, object לֶחֶם3 Mos 26,26 (H) Es 44,15; Es 44,19 (compare Jer 37,21); מַצּוֺת 1 Mos 19,3 (J) 1 Sam 28,24 עֻגוֺת מצות 2 Mos 12,39 (J); חַלּוֺת 3 Mos 24,5 (H); מִנְחָה Ezk 46,20 מָן 2 Mos 16,23 (twice in verse). (P; — c 2nd object of material 2 Mos 12,39 בָּצֵק, 3 Mos 24,5 סֹלֶת, 1 Sam 28,24 קֶמַח). Participle always as substantive baker 1 Mos 40,1; 1 Mos 40,2; 1 Mos 40,5; 1 Mos 40,16; 1 Mos 40,17; 1 Mos 40,20; 1 Mos 40,22; 1 Mos 41,10 (all E) Hos 7,4; Hos 7,6; Jer 37,21 ׳מִחוּץ הָא out of the bakers' street; also 1 Sam 8,13 (|| טַבָּחוֺת, רַקָּחוֺת only here feminine) Nowhere as a menial office, not even 1 Sam 8,13 where despotic power & growth of court emphasized. Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֵּאָפֶה 3 Mos 6,10; 3 Mos 7,9 3 feminine plural תֵּאָפֶינָה 3 Mos 23,17 — passive of Qal be baked, baken of לֶחֶם 3 Mos 23,17 מִנְחָה 3 Mos 7,9 compare 3 Mos 6,10.