רwhen Alexander the Macedonian attempted to ascend to
heaven, he rose higher and higher, until he saw the earth
beneath him like a ball and the sea like a dish; הנירוציו
הידיב ׳ק and why is he not represented with a dish in
his hand; Num. R. s. 13. Ib. ׳קל המודו . . . ׳ק בירקה he
offered a charger which is tyypical of the sea that surrounds
the whole world and resembles a dish. Ker. 7b, v. ףדג.
B. Bath. 16a היפ לע ׳ק ךופהל בויא שקב Job attempted to
turn the dish upside down, i. e. to challenge Providence;
a. fr. -- Pl. תורשק. Men. 97a, v. סופד; a. e.
קפא, קפא, v. קפי.
קפא I m. (~~~~~) the letter kappa (k) as numeral, twenty. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (נש בר חד), v. דוקייא; Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 55b bot. [reado] אייקוד ׳ק . . . ןירשע ינמ count twenty beams in thy house (counting upwards and down- wards until you arrive at twenty), and thou shalt find thy father's savings, kappa dokia (twenty beams; oneiro- critical play on Cappadocia; v. Gen. R. s. t8).
קפא II m. (קפף) 1) trunk, vine, v. קופא II. - -2) (v. אפוק II, 1) pole, beam. Ber. 56b, v. אקיד. Ib. ׳ק יזח ליז ׳כו הרשע שירד go and examine the beam which heads the number ten, and you shall find (in number eleven) &c.; v., however, preced.
קפא III (or קפא) name of a worm in herbs which causes disease of the bowels; (oth. opin.) a poisonous sub- stance in vegetables. Pes. 115b קק םושמ . . . היעוקשל ךירצ you must dip the bitter herb into the hdroseth to counteract the efffect of tthe cappa. Ib. תיימ אחירמ ׳קו . . . אל it is not necessary to dip it, for the k. dies from the smell (of the haroseth). Ib. 116a, v. אח. - Tosef. Ter. VII, 11 Ar.,, v. הסק..
קפאטיות, v. קובטאות.
קפד (b. h.) to contract, convolve, v. קופד. .Hif. דיפקה (cmp. תק) 1) to be angזy, lose temper. Taan. 20b ׳כו יחדסקה אל ימימ never did I lose my temper in my house; Y. ib. III, end, 67a. Y. Ber. IV, 7d (prayer on entering the schoolhouse) ׳כו ודיפקי . . . דיפקא אלש that I may not get excited over my colleagues, and my colleagues mmay hot get excited over me. Sabb. 31a אל ללהו דיפקי and Hillel (I) shall not get impatient. Ab. d'R. N. ch. I וירבד לע דיפקמ, v. ןתמ. Ex. R. s. 6 דיפקמ אוה ףאו (not ודיפקמ) and he (Moses) also lost his temper. Ib. ירבד לע דיפקמ התאו and thou losest thy temper in spite of my word (that declared thee the most patient of men); a. fr. -- 2) to provoke, insult. Y. Keth. IV, 28d bot. ׳כו תא ׳ה he insulted an elder and struck him. -- 3) to be strict, particular; to care for, mind. Mikv. IX, 3; 7 ןצוה וילע דיפקמה לכ whatever one minds (on one's body) causes a partition for immersion, v. ןצה I. B. Mets. 75a ׳כו ןידיפקמה הרובח ינב members of a party that are particular with one another (in lending and borrowing); Sabb. 149a. Hull. 107b ׳כו ןידיפקמו ןיחא ינש two brothers (taking separate meals at the same table) who are par- ticular with each other. Gen. R. s. 65 ׳כו תדפקמ התיה אל did not mind the pollution through idolatry; a. v. fr.
קפד ch. same, to be angry, sensitive; to be particular, care for, mind. Snh. 11 3b, v. ןדפק. Hnll. 107a אנמא ותידפק are you particular about the condition of ttbe vessel (used for ablution)? Ib. ןנידפק אתוזחאו אנמא we are particular about the vessel and about the color(of the water), ארועישאא ןנידפק אל we are not so about the quantity. Sabb. 147a והיילע דישקד אוהו provided a person is particular about his garments being shaken before he puts them on; ןכא קפדינן לא we do not care about it. Pes. 11)b דקפיד כל ׳כו הידהב ידפק he that minds (such practices) is strictly dealt with (suffers for disregarding them); he that does not care &c. Snh. 67b דש אנמא דיפקד a magician that is particular about the vessel he uses is a conjurer of demons; a. fr. Pa. דיפק same. Y. Sabb. I, 4a top ןידפקמ, v. האיירוק. Itthpe. דפקתא, דפקיא 1) to be contraated, shortened. Targ. Is. XXXVIII, 12 (ed. Lag. ולפקתיא). Ib. L, 2. Targ. Mic. II, 7. -- 2) to be angry, excited. Y. Ber. II, 5b top . . . עמש יוליע ׳או Samuel heard of it and was angry with him. Kidd. 33a; a. fr. Af. אקפד to provoke, insult. Y. B. Kam. VIII, end, 6c ׳כו ׳רל ׳א שנ רב דח (not ׳קיא) a man insulted R. H.
*קפדא m. (preced.) anger, indignation. Targ. Y. I Num. XXV, 8 ׳קב; [prob. a corrupt. for התבקב, corresp. to h. text התבק לא; Pesh. הסרכב].
קפדן, קופדן m. (preced. wds.) hot-tempered, im- petuots, opp. ןתונע. Ab. II, 5 דמלמ ׳קה אל (Ar. ׳וקה) an immpatient man cannot be a teacher. Sabb. 30b bot., V. ןתונע; Ab. d'R. N. ch. XV. Snh. 113a sq. (in Chal. dict.) הוה ׳ק והילא אבא father Elijah (the prophet) was hot- tempered (dealing with Ahab too severely); תירק ׳ק ל״א רמ דיפק אקד . . . יל said he (Elijah) to him, thou didst call me hot- tempered Said he, this vvery case before us proes it, for thou art resentful; a. e.
קפדנות f. (preced.) impatience, anger, irritability, opp. תונתונע. Gen. R. s. 74, a. e. ןתונדפק, v. תונתונע. Sabb. 31a ׳כו יאמש לש ותונדפק Shammai's impatience came near driving us out of the world (of salvation); Ab. d' R. N. II (ed. Schechter)ch. XXIXכו יאמש ךתונדפק tthy impatlence, ( Shammai, &c.; a. e.
קפה, v. קפי.
קפה, v. קיפא.
קפה f. name of a worm in herbs. Tosef. Ter. VII, 11 (Ar. אפק), v. אפק III.
קפוד, v. קיפוד.
קפודקאה, v. קפודקיא.
קפודקיא, קפודקייא, קפוט׳ pr. n. Cappadocia. a district of אAsia Minor. Targ. O. Deut. II, 23 ׳קטופפק; Y.
