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kwp (a/u) vb. to bend
GDGt
Gpəˁalto bend (trans.) 3 senses▶
1
to bend (trans.)
Syr, Man, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam17:43tos↗ כוף רישך והדר לאחורך‏ ; AphDem3.50:15↗ ܢܟܘܦ ܨܘܪܗ ܐܝܟ ܟܪܘܠܐ‏ : let him bend over his neck like a hook ; 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
(1)
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
(2)
to turn up a garment
Man
2
p.p. : able to flex
Syr, LJLA
SyrCharm.1.35:10↗ ܘܚܬܝܡܝܢ ܘܒܠܝܡܝܢ ܦܘܡܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܘܠܫܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܕܐܢ ܢܗܘܐ ܦܬܝܚܐ ܠܐ ܟܐܦ ܘܐܢ ܟܝܦܐ ܠܐ ܢܦܬܚ‏ ; TgJob40:17↗ כאיף {ג}<ד>ונביה היך ארזא‏ : its tail is flexible like the cedar
3
to remove
Man
Dpaˁˁelto make yield in battle2 senses▶
1
to make yield in battle
Syr, LJLA
JSB5 222:18↗ ܫܕܐ ܒܬܪܝܨܐ ܓܐܪ̈ܐ ܩܫܝ̈ܐ ܂܂܂ ܕܲܢܟܲܝܦܹܗ ܗܘܐ ܒܐܒܠܐ ܩܫܝܐ‏ : he cast hard arrows against the upright one ... to make him suffer with difficult mourning ; TgTosPr 1Sam.17:42var.↗ כופ/כיף/ רישך‏ : †
2
to hold back, curb
Man, LJLA
TgPs57:7↗ כייף נפשי‏ : †
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be flexible1 sense▶
to be flexible
Syr
KwDW 86:25↗ ܩܝܣܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܬܩܝ݂ܦ݂ ܠܐ ܥܒܕܝܢ ܡܢܗ ܩܫ݂ܬܐ‏ : they do not make a bow from wood that is not flexible
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See also s.v. kpp.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 611[323]Jastrow: 623Drower/Macuch: 208bPayne-Smith ~: 1790J. Payne-Smith: 210

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