H644. aphah 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.; Imperfect3feminine singular suffix וַתֹּפֵהו1Sam 28:24; יאֹפו Ezek 46:20; תּאֹפו Exod 16:23; Imperative אֵפו 16:23; Participle אֹפֶה Gen 40:1+; אֹפֵהֶם Hosea 7:6; plural אֹפִים Gen 40:16 +; אֹפוֺת 1Sam 8:13, etc. — bake, object לֶחֶםLev 26:26 (H) Isa 44:15, 19 (compare Jer 37:21); מַצּוֺת Gen 19:3 (J) 1Sam 28:24 מצות עֻגוֺת 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 12:39 בָּצֵק, Lev 24:5 סֹלֶת, 1Sam 28:24 קֶמַח). Participle always as substantive baker Gen 40:1-2, 5, 16, 17, 20, 22; 41:10 (all E) Hosea 7:4, 6; Jer 37:21 הָא ׳מִחוּץ out of the bakers' street; also 1Sam 8:13 (|| רַקָּחוֺת טַבָּחוֺת, only here feminine) Nowhere as a menial office, not even 8:13 where despotic power & growth of court emphasized. Niph`al Imperfect3feminine singular תֵּאָפֶה Lev 6:10; 7:9; 3feminine plural תֵּאָפֶינָה 23:17; — passive of Qal be baked, baken of לֶחֶם Lev 23:17; מִנְחָה 7:9; compare 6:10.