לשון הפוך

הָפַךְ(b. h.) 1) (act. verb) to turn; to change; to reverse; to pervert, subvert, destroy. Ex. R. s. 18 הָפְכָה המדינה שעבודהוכ׳ a country perverted the rules of forced labor for the captives (treating them inhumanely); ה׳ עליהם את הדיןוכ׳ he changed the law against them and put them to death by night (against the Jewish law, v. Snh.IV, 1). Ib. ה׳ סדום He destroyed Sodom. Ber.55b כשם שהָפַכְתָּוכ׳ as thou didst turn the curse … into blessing, כן הֲפוֹךְוכ׳ so do thou turn B. Kam.III, 3 ההוֹפֵךְ את הגלל he who upturns (changes the place of) the dung (taking possession); a. v. fr.Part. Pass. הָפוּךְ. Pes.50a עולםה׳ ראיתיוכ׳ I saw a reversed world, the uppermost below Sabb.108b הֲפוּכָה סדוםוכ׳ Sodom is subverted and what is said about it is perverted. Sifra Thazr. Par. III, ch. 3 הפוך, הפוכה when its color is changed; a. v. fr.Y.Naz.V, end, 54b לשון הפוך, v. הֶפֶךְ. 2) (neut. verb) to change. Sifra ch. IV אי כוליה׳ לבן if i the whole of it has turned white. Neg. IV, 3; a. fr. Nif. נֶהְפַּךְ 1) to be upturned, destroyed; to be changed. Yalk. Esth. 1056 כשנ׳ סדום when Sodom was subverted. Gen. R. s. 50 ומדינה נֶהְפֶּכֶת, v. אִדְרַבְלָא. Tanḥ. Shmoth 25 נ׳ להם מןוכ׳ the voice turned around, as if coming from ; a. fr. 2) to roll about, v. Hithpa. Pi. הִיפֵּךְ 1) to reverse, pervert, turn. Gen. R. s. 20 שהי׳ דבריםוכ׳ who spoke perversely of the Creator. Kidd.59a עני מְהַפֵּךְוכ׳ a poor man turns the cake, and another comes and takes it, i. e. one who buys away what another is negotiating for. 2) to scheme, v. infra. Hithpa. הִתְהַפֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִתְהַפֵּךְ 1) to be changed, disguise ones self. Gen. R. s. 21 end שהם מִתְהַפְּכִים they (the angels) assume various shapes. 2) to turn ones self around. Ib. שהיא מִתְהַפֶּכֶתוכ׳ for it (the fiery sword) turns around man Yeb.35a; Keth.37a מתהפכת she turns herself (makes violent motions). Ib. נִתְהַפְּכָה (Keth. l. c. נֶהֶפְכָה).Tanḥ. Vayetsé 11 היה מ׳ עליו prevaricated (changing terms). 3) to scheme. Ruth R. introd. 3 שהוא מִתְהַפֵּךְ ובאוכ׳ he (Esaw = Rome) schemes and comes against ; Yalk. Prov. 959 בא ומְהַפֵּךְ עלוכ׳. Ib. שהם מִתְהַפְּכִיםוכ׳; Ruth R. l. c. שמְהַפְּכִין.

הָפַךְ(b. h.) 1) (act. verb) to turn; to change; to reverse; to pervert, subvert, destroy. Ex. R. s. 18 הָפְכָה המדינה שעבודהוכ׳ a country perverted the rules of forced labor for the captives (treating them inhumanely); ה׳ עליהם את הדיןוכ׳ he changed the law against them and put them to death by night (against the Jewish law, v. Snh.IV, 1). Ib. ה׳ סדום He destroyed Sodom. Ber.55b כשם שהָפַכְתָּוכ׳ as thou didst turn the curse … into blessing, כן הֲפוֹךְוכ׳ so do thou turn B. Kam.III, 3 ההוֹפֵךְ את הגלל he who upturns (changes the place of) the dung (taking possession); a. v. fr.Part. Pass. הָפוּךְ. Pes.50a עולםה׳ ראיתיוכ׳ I saw a reversed world, the uppermost below Sabb.108b הֲפוּכָה סדוםוכ׳ Sodom is subverted and what is said about it is perverted. Sifra Thazr. Par. III, ch. 3 הפוך, הפוכה when its color is changed; a. v. fr.Y.Naz.V, end, 54b לשון הפוך, v. הֶפֶךְ. 2) (neut. verb) to change. Sifra ch. IV אי כוליה׳ לבן if i the whole of it has turned white. Neg. IV, 3; a. fr. Nif. נֶהְפַּךְ 1) to be upturned, destroyed; to be changed. Yalk. Esth. 1056 כשנ׳ סדום when Sodom was subverted. Gen. R. s. 50 ומדינה נֶהְפֶּכֶת, v. אִדְרַבְלָא. Tanḥ. Shmoth 25 נ׳ להם מןוכ׳ the voice turned around, as if coming from ; a. fr. 2) to roll about, v. Hithpa. Pi. הִיפֵּךְ 1) to reverse, pervert, turn. Gen. R. s. 20 שהי׳ דבריםוכ׳ who spoke perversely of the Creator. Kidd.59a עני מְהַפֵּךְוכ׳ a poor man turns the cake, and another comes and takes it, i. e. one who buys away what another is negotiating for. 2) to scheme, v. infra. Hithpa. הִתְהַפֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִתְהַפֵּךְ 1) to be changed, disguise ones self. Gen. R. s. 21 end שהם מִתְהַפְּכִים they (the angels) assume various shapes. 2) to turn ones self around. Ib. שהיא מִתְהַפֶּכֶתוכ׳ for it (the fiery sword) turns around man Yeb.35a; Keth.37a מתהפכת she turns herself (makes violent motions). Ib. נִתְהַפְּכָה (Keth. l. c. נֶהֶפְכָה).Tanḥ. Vayetsé 11 היה מ׳ עליו prevaricated (changing terms). 3) to scheme. Ruth R. introd. 3 שהוא מִתְהַפֵּךְ ובאוכ׳ he (Esaw = Rome) schemes and comes against ; Yalk. Prov. 959 בא ומְהַפֵּךְ עלוכ׳. Ib. שהם מִתְהַפְּכִיםוכ׳; Ruth R. l. c. שמְהַפְּכִין.

דל״הY.Naz.II, 51b bot. לשון הפר הוא דל״ה מל״ה קבר״ת בר״ה (Var. מל״ה דל״ה), read as ib. V, end, 54b: לשון הפוך הוא דלא קברת ברה the language (Mish. ib. V, 6, ‘I will be a Nazir that this is) has a negative meaning, as in the phrase ‘that she will not bury her son (where the opposite is meant).