מַגֵּפָה, מַגֵּי׳ f. (b. h.; נָגַף) [striking,] 1) wound. Makhsh. VI, 8 דם מַגֵּפָתָהּ the blood flowing from a woman’s wound. Nidd. 55ᵇ; Ker. 13ᵃ. Ḥull. 35ᵇ. Yalk. Num. 710; a. e. —2) sudden death, plague. Mekh. B’shall. s. 2 אין הממה אלא מ׳ the verb המם (Ex. XIV, 24) means pestilence. M. Kat. 28ᵃ מיתת מ׳ a sudden death. Ber. 4ᵇ בשעת המ׳ during an epidemic; a. fr.—[מגפות, Mekh. l. c., v. מְנָפָה a. סִגְנוֹן.]