A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/קפץ - קץ
one's wil by minmic motions. Gitt. V, 7 ןפקנו ןפוק a deaf and dumb person may transact business by motions with closed lips and by being spoken to in the same way. -- Part. pass. ןופק; f הציפק &c. Koh. R. to V, 14 םדאשכ ׳כו תוצופק ןה ןידי . . when man enters the world, his hands are clenched, as if saying, the whole world is mine &c., opp. תוטושפ straight, open. -- 2) to leap (with joined feet), jump; to be excited. Midr. Till. l. c. אותה ינטלפתו םויה ילע ןופקת ןכ םיב יתוכא לע תצפקש הציפק ed. Bub. (ed. ׳כו ןכ וניתובא לע תצפקהש הצפקה התוא) with the same leap with which thou didst leap like a hart in aid of my ancestors at the sea, leap now to my aid and save me; Yalk. Ps. l. c. Midr. Till. l. c. 1 כאיל קופץ ed. Bub., v. Pi. Ohol. VIII, 5 ׳כו םוקממ ןפוקה he that jumps from one place to another, contrad. to הדולג (v. קיפוץ). Succ. 49b ןפוק ןופקל אבה לכ רמאת אמש lest you ay, whosoever comes to jummp hay jIump (whosoever wishes to do good succeeds in doing real good), we read &c. (Ps. XXXVI, 8). Sabb. 15 2a וילע תצפוק הנקז old age will spring upon him (will overtake him prematurely). Taan. 5b עליו קפצה זקנה he grew old before his time. Ib. מיד ׳כו הצפק Ms. M. (ed. ןיופקא היבקה רמא, read ןיפקא). Sifra. Sh'mini, Milluim וכ׳ על פורענות קפצה punishment over- took Nadab &c. Y. Keth. X, beg. 33d תשורי ןהילע הצפק הרות the legal succession according tto Biblical law was sprung upon them (they have the precedence); ib. IV, 28a bot. הספק. Y. Gitt. IV, 46a top ׳כו ןיצפוק . . . ידכ in order that all may be anxious to marry her. Y. Snh. X, 28c top ׳כו המל אלא ןפוק יניא I will jump only at (betake myself to) what my grandfather told me, who said to me ׳כו םירבד השלשל . . . ןופק betake thyself to three things, and thou shalt be safe, they are; prayer &c. Ber. 39a וכ׳ וברך ק׳ he hastened and said the benedic- tion &c. Yeb. 32b ׳כו אייח ׳ר ׳ק R. H. jummped up (got ex- cited) and swore &c. Tosef. Keth. II, 3 לכהונה זה ק׳ היאך how did this man jump into priesthood (by what right does he enjoy the privileges of a priest)? Num. R. s. 15 להשיב יקפוץ ולא and must not be rash to reply; a. fr. -- 3) to skip. Nidd. 11a וכ׳ וראתה קפצה if she skipped (one period) and menstruated, skipped &c. (did so three ttmes). -- t4) (denom. of ןיפוק) to chop meat. Tosef. Bets. III, 5 ילכב ןפיק (Var. ךתוח) he cuts with some im- plement. Pi. ןפיק 1) same, to leap; to skip. Y. Hag. II, 77a bot. וכ׳ מקפצין . . . והיו and the ministering angels leaped before them like wedding guests rejoicing &c. Pesik. R. s. 15 (ref. to Cant. II, 8) ׳כו תונובשחה לע פקמו . . גלדמ eaping over the destined terms of redemption, and skip- ping over the calculations of years and epochs (hasten- ing the redemption), v. רוביע. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, 1 ליאכ ןפקמ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ןפוק); ib. ןפוק ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ןפקמ) leaps like a hart; Yalk. b. 685 ןימוק (corr. acc.); a. fr. -- 2) to cause to leap. Tanh. Sh'mini 11 ןפקמ היבקה הזקנה את להם God springs old age upon them (to make them look venerable). Hif. ןיפקה 1) as Pi. 2. Taan. 5b תישקא היבקה רמא ׳כו (not ןיופקא, v. supra) the Lord said, I shall cause old age to spring upon them prematurely. Gen. R. s. 56 וה׳ עמו בנו את and made his son leap with him (saved him- self and his son; v., however, וניגא). -- 2) to leap. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Nif. ןפקנ to be spoken to by mimic motions. Gitt, V, 7, v. supra.
קפץ ch. same, 1) to contract, close &c. Targ. O. Deut. XV, . Targ. Y. Gen. XXVIII, 10. -- Hull. 91b היל הצפק אערא the earth shrank under him (v. preced.). - 2) to leap, be anxious for. Nidd. 8b אנובז הילע ןיפקד ידימ something at which the purchaser jumps (i. e. a quality which makes the object more desirable).
קפ, v. קבץ. - Pl. קפצין, v. קפיץ.
קפצה, v. קפיצה.
קפצה f. (an adapt. of capsa, as if from קפץ) chest, box. Kel. XVI, 7 ed. Dehr. (ed. קופסא). Y. Nidd. II, beg. 49d זכוכית של ק׳ a glass box. -- Pl. קפציות. Ib.
קפר, הק׳ pr. n. m. Hakkappar surname of R. Eliezer. Ab. IV, 21. Ber. 63a. -- Y. Shebl. VI, 36c ׳קה ןב, v. next w.
קפרא, ק׳ בר (preced.) Bar KKappara (son of Eliezer Rakkappar), a disciple of R. Judah the Nasi (v. Fr. M'bo, p. 71a). Yeb. 32b. Y. M. Kat. III, beg. 81. Y. Keth. XII, 35a top; Y. Kil. IX, 32b top. M. Kat. 16a. Y. Hor. III, end, 48c ׳ק רב לש ותנשמ the Mishnah (Boraitha) of Bar K.; Lam. R., introd. (R. Josh. 2); a. v. fr.
קפראות, v. קופריות.
קפריסין, v. next w.
קפרס m. (~~~~~~, capparis) caper-bush, esp. the fowers of the caper-bush. Maasr. IV, 6, v. צלף; Ber. 36a ןיסירפק. Ibb (in Chald. dict.) ׳כו אתיל ׳ק יאה the flower is no longer in existence, when the fruit is developed. -- Pl. ןיסירפק. Ib. 36a, v. supra; a. fr. -- Ker. 6a ׳ק ןיי caper wine (as an ingredient of frankincense ; oth. opin. in Rashi; Oyprus wine); Y. Yoma IV, 41a. -- Ab. Zar. 38bהלש . . . ׳קה caper flowers (or fruits) preserved by gentiles; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 11 ןיצרפוק ed. Zuck. (Var. ןיסירפק); (Y. ib. II, 41a פנקריסין).
קפש (cmp. קפץ) to bend in the hand, clench, grab. Hall. II, 5 ׳כו השפקו השעמ it happened that an old man - . grabbed (and ate) it.
קפש m. (preced.) plait, gathering stitch, a kind of border. Y. M. Kat. III, 83d וכ׳ אין והק׳ הסולם the borders formed by chain stitches or by plaiting are no hindrance (for the rending of the garment in mourning), v. סולם.
קפת, Y. Shek. V, 48d bot. מקפתו, read; מקפחו, v. קפח.
קץ, שקר ק (קצץ) Decreer of Palsehood, legend- ary name of one of the Sodomitic judges. Gen. R. s. 50; Yalk. ib. 84, v. יקשוק.
ק, v. קצץ.
קץ m. (b. h.; קצץ) end, term, designated time, esp. the time of redemption. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Is. XLl, 5) זה וכ׳ עולם של בקיצו שרוי this one (Abraham) dwelt in one