נְפִיחָה, (נָפַח) blowing, breath. Y. Sabb. II, 5ᵃ bot. הבעיר וכיבה בנ׳ אחת if he ignited and extinguished in one continued act of blowing. Gen. R. s. 14, end בעולם הזה בנ׳ וכ׳ in this world the breath of life is put in by blowing (Gen. II, 7), … but in the coming world by placing (Ez. XXXVII, 6). Ib. ומה אם זה שעשוי בנְפִיחָתוֹ של בשר ודם וכ׳ if this (glass) which is produced by the blowing of a human being, can be restored (when broken) &c.; a. e.—Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ bot. בנ׳ אחת in one breath (v. נְשִׁימָה).—[Ruth R. to III, 3 אזל נפיחה, v. נְפֵי.]