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כוף   vb. a/u  to bend


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  to bend (trans.)   Syr, Man, LJLA.  TgJ 1Sam17:43tos : כוף רישך והדר לאחורך.  TgTosPr 1Sam.17:42 : כוף רישך והדר לאחורך דלא ישלוט בך סייפי  bend your head and turn back so that my sword does not defeat you. fig. : to keep from acting  LJLA.  TgTosPr 1Kgs.3:1 : שמעי רבא דשלמה דהוה כייף ליה  PN, Solomon’s official who had been keeping him from acting.

  p.p. : able to flex  Syr, LJLA.  TgJob40:17 : כאיף {ג}<ד>ונביה היך ארזא  its tail is flexible like the cedar.


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  to make yield in battle  Syr, LJLA.  TgTosPr 1Sam.17:42var. : כופ/כיף/ רישך  †.

  to hold back, curb  Man, LJLA.  TgPs57:7 : כייף נפשי  †.


  
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Derivatives:

kyp, kyypˀ v.n. #3   pressure

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