bot. דעכו כ׳ מנשק kissed the rocks (Rashi; corals) of the
shore of Ptolemais (as sacred ground); Y. Shebi. IV, end,
35c לכיפתא. Ib. כיפי מתקל weighed the stones (to de-
monstrate his appreciation of the sacred ground); a. fr.
-- Esp. כיפי (v. supra) precious stones, jewelry (prob.
amber, v. כיפה). Erub. 96b; Keth. 81b לה תלא כ׳ has he
jewelry suspended on it (his opinion) ., i. e. must his
opinion absolutely be accepted?-- B. Bath. 52a. B. Mets. 35a
וכ׳ כ׳ אפקיד gave jewelry in trust &c. Ib. כיפי לי הב (Ms.
M. כיפאי) give me my jewelry back; a. e. -- 3) also כפא
(cmp. גיף, כף &c.) shore, border. Targ. Jud. VII, 12. Targ.
Is. XIX, 7 ככיפיה (ed. Lag. ככפיה; ed. Vil. בכיפי, corr.
acc.) like its shore. -- Pes. 4a, v. אסיסנא. Ned. 40a bot. נהרא
וכ׳ מכיפיה the Euphrates grows from (the waters coming
down) its shores (not from rain); Sabb. 65b; Bekh. 55b.
Koh. R. to XI, 1ימא בכיף מיטמר הוה (some ed. בכף) was
hiding himself at the sea-shore; a. e. -- Pl. as ab. Targ.
Is. VIII, 7 כיפוהי; Targ. Josh. III, 15 (some ed. כפוהי). --
Sabb. 65b מכיפי some ed. (v. supra). -- M. Kat. l. c. כ׳ נשוק
אהדדי . . . . the shores of . . . . touched each other (the
waters rising to the level of the shores; Rashi; the arches
of the ruined bridges, v. infra). --4) arch, vault, v. כיפתא.
-- 5) cap, v. כיפה. -- 6) bundle, sheaf, v. כסא. [כיפא, Tosef.
Mikv. IV, 5, v. כיסה, end.]
כיפא II m. pressure, necessity, v. כייפא.
כיפה, כפה f. (v. כיף) 1) ball, stone. Ohol. VIII, 5 הברד כיפת hail-stone. -- 2) resin (or something similar) found in balls. Tosef. Dem. I, 29 המרחץ כפת ed. Zuck. (Var. בפת, emend. by El. Vil. קופת) resin used (with oil) in the bath-room. -הירדן־ כיפת .lordan-resin, amber (an adapt. of Eridanus, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Electrum, Liibker's Reallex. s. v. Electron). Kerith. 6a (one of the ingredients of frankincense). -- 3) ball, lump. Y. Sabb. V, 7b bot. (in Chald. dict.), v. גבינתא.
כיפה f. = כפיפה, bending. Y. Succ. III, 54a top (in mixed dict.) קומוי כ׳ (not קומי) bending is due before Him; Y. Meg. I, 72a top קומך בפה (corr. acc.).
כיפה, כפה f. (b. h.; כפף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb. 80b כ׳ עושה forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma. 11b; Erub. 11b וכ׳ ר״מ כ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a M'zuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 מקום עד הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (ofTiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. הכ׳ עד. Y. Naz. VII, 56a top לכ׳ הגיעו when they arrived at the arch (or ar- cade). Ab.Zar. I, 716a)שמעמידיןוכ׳ כ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ אותה . . . . חשבונות של כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalemgand they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade &c. Tanh. B'shall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. XV, 8) כפה כמין (Mekh. ib., Shir. s. 6 קופה) like a vault; a. e. -- Esp. הרקיע כיפת, or כיפה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 וכ׳ כ׳ . . ולמעלה . .. הרקיע the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops &c. B. Bath. 25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg. 11a הכ׳ תחת מלכו ג׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. -- 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh. IX, 3 לכ׳ אותן כונסין they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. -- 3) skulttcap, cap, Y. Gitt. IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. 'Abadim ch. III (ed.Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb. 57b צמר של כ׳ a woolen cap, v. כבול II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c צמר של כ׳ awoolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. הנון I;a. e. -- Tosef. Mikv. IV, 5, v. infra. -- 4) (cmp. קופה) heap, pile. Y. Snh. X, 27d bot.; Y. M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ אבנים של a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 אבנים כיפת. Hull. 129a וכ׳ שאור כיפת a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes. 45bכופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כופת. - Pl. כיפין, כפיםt(or כיפ׳׳fr. כיף)a)top-branches(arches) of palm-trees. Tosef. Shebi., VII, 16 הכיפ׳ בין (שלל) על ed. Zuck. (Var. שבכי׳ מה על, שבכופין); Pes. 53a הכ׳ בין של על as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef. Kel. B.Bath. II, 1וכ׳ תמרה ש כ׳ שתי שכיפת (R. S.to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb. XXIV, 2הכ׳ מפספסיןאת you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זירין a. פקיעין. Ib. 155a תלתא כ׳ bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands. -- b) billow-crests, surf. Sot. 34a. Hag. 19a; Hull. 31b בכ׳ מטבילין אין you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef. Mikv. IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).
כיפור, v. כפור.
כיפח (כיפיח), קיפ׳, קפ׳ m. (כפה, קפח, v. כופח) 1) (sub. שוקים) one having high and arched shoulders, hump-backed. Y. Keth. VII, end, 31d בכ׳ . . . . עובדא (not בכופיח) a case(petition fordivorce) came before R. .against ahusband whohad become hump-backed(after marriage), and he forced him (to a divorce). -- 2) (v. גבח, גביח) an extremely tall and unshapely person. Bekh. VII, 6 (45b) כ׳ Ar. (ed. קפ׳), v. גבח. Y. Ber. IX, 13b bot. כ׳; Bab. ib. 58b קפח ed. (Ms. M. קי׳;Ms. F. כופה, corr. acc.); Tosef. ib. VII (VI), 3 כ׳ (Var. כיפיח, קפה); Tanh. Pinh. 10; ed. Bub. 1ק. v. הדרניקוס.
כיפי, כ׳ בי pr. n. pl. Be-Khefe in Babylonia. Ber. 31a (Ms. M. קופאי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).
כיפלא, כופלא, כפ׳ m. (כפל) duplication; בכ׳double. Targ. Y. II Gen. XLIII, 12. Targ, Job XLII, 10; a. fr. -- Y. Pes. 30d bot. [read:] בכיפלה וקנסיה and he fined him double the amount. Y. Peah VII, 20b top מעביד׳ הוות בכפ׳ it would have yielded twice the quantity. Gen. R. s. 91 בכ׳ לי יהבון give me double the amount. Lam. R. tt I, 5 בכ׳ אוכלוסין twice as maoy trocps; a. e. -- V. כפילא.
כיפלה, v. preced.
כיפליסין, Y. Peah VII, 20a top כ׳ ד׳ דיעבי׳, read; כלופסין דיעביד.
כיפר pr. n. m. Kippar. Gitt. 14b; Y. ib. I, end, 43a; Y. Kidd. III, 64a כ׳ בן (בר) יוסי ר׳; Tosef Shebi. II, 5;a. fr. 80'
