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qpwp, qpwpˀ (qa/ippūp̄, qa/ippūp̄ā) n.m. large owl
(zool.) a large owl
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Is34:11↗ קָתִין וְקֻפדִין וְקִפוּפִין וְעוֹרְבִין‏ ; TN Lev11:17↗ קיפופה"קפיפה‏ ; SamTgJ Deut14:16↗ וית צדיה וית קיפופה וית עיבי‏ ; P Dt14:16↗ ܘܫܠܐ ܢܘ̈ܢܐ܂ ܘܩܦܘܦܐ ܘܟܘܟܒܝ܂ ܘܩܩܐ ܘܫܪܩܪܩܐ‏ ; BT Nid 23a(35)↗ וקיפוף‏ ; TgPs102:7↗ הוית היך קיפופא די בארעא נגובתא‏ : I became like an owl that is in a desert land
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JLA, JBA קיפופָא ; PTA var. קפיף
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Generally renders Biblical Hebrew יַּנְשׁוּף, but also other equally uncertain large predatory birds in the same context of unpermitted meat.
There is little reason to accept the distinction between this form and קפיף suggested by its separate lemmatization in DJPA p. 500.

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