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kpt (a[e]/u) vb. to bind, tie up
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Gpəˁalto bind, tie up3 senses▶
1
to bind, tie up
BADan, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA
Dan 3:21↗ בֵּאדַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּה אִלֵּךְ כְּפִתוּ בְּסַרְבָּלֵיהוֹן‏ : then those men were tied up in their trousers ; TgJ Jud15:10var.↗ לְמֵיסַר"למיכפת" יָת שִמשוֹן‏ : † ; KohR[1]13:2(4)↗ מתלא אמ׳ טבא צפרא חדא כפיתא מן מאה פרחין‏ : the proverb says a tied up bird is better than 100 flying [i.e. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush] ; TN Gen22:10↗ כפות יתי יאות‏ : tie me up properly ; CPA Acts21:11↗ ܠܓܒܪܐ ܗܕܢ ܕܙܘܢܐ݁ ܗܕܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܗܟܕܢ ܝܟܦܘ̈ܬܘܢ ܝܬܗ ܝܘ̈ܕܝܝ ܒܝܪܘܫܠܝܡ‏ : that man whose this girdle is, thus they will bind his hands in Jerusalem ; Lag(394) John18:24↗ ܘܫܠܚ ܝܬ݁ܗ ܚܢܣ ܟܦܝܬ ܠܘܬ݁ ܩܝܐܦܣ ܪܝܫ ܟܗ̈ܢܝܐ‏ : then Onias sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest ; JBAmb2 23:1↗ כפתינון לכיפי ארעה ואסרתינון למזלי רקיעא‏ ; BT Git 14a(4)↗ הני דבי בר אלישיב דכפתי ושקלי לאלת׳‏ : (people) of the House of PN who used to tie them up and take it immediately ; PJ Gen22:20↗ מן בתר דיכפת אברהם ית יצחק‏ : after Abraham had bound Isaac
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to subdue
Sam
Amram Dare #03:1↗ ממנה דכלה כפית לה‏ : the steadfast one to whom all is subdued
(1)
to subdue oneself
Sam
Marqe 5.452↗ משה עבד יהוה כפת גרמה למרה כות עבד לרבה‏ : Moses the servant of the Lord bound himself to his lord like a slave to his master
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fig.:
CPA
EphAdv 10.1:2↗ ܕܗܘܐ݁ ܒܟܘܠ ܥܪ ܟܦܝܬ ܒܡܩܡ̈ܬܗ ܕܥܠܡܐ‏ : who at all times was totally involved with worldly affairs
2
to bend back, retract
Syr, JBAg
HM(1) 81:(1)17↗ ולגידא {כ׳} דיכפית‏ : for a retracted (?) penis [but the context is that of skin lesions]
3
[e/a] (of fruit) to be fully formed
Syr
P Ex9:31↗ ܘܟܬܢܐ ܟܦ݂ܬ‏
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(of trees, branches) to produce a fully-formed fruit (see note)
Syr
Dpaˁˁelto bind, tie up tightly2 senses▶
1
to bind, tie up tightly
BADan, Gal, Syr
Dan 3:24↗ הֲלָא גֻבְרִין תְּלָתָה רְמֵינָא לְגוֹא־נוּרָא מְכַפְּתִין‏ : did we not throw three men bound into the fire? ; PTKil 32.d:23[2]↗ אילין טרסייה דהוא מכפת ביה‏ : those straps with which it (the sandal) is tied ; EbMai10 200a:5 ܘܐܝܬ ܕܕܦ̈ܢܬܗ ܒܪ̈ܒܨܐ ܕܩܘܟܠܢܐ ܕܢܲܓܵܪܐ ܡܟ̈ܦܬܢ ܗܘܝ‏ : that his sides were tightly bound by the squeezings of a carpenter's vise
(1)
to subdue
LJLA
TgSong7:5↗ בית דינא דדאין דינין חסין על עלמא לכפתא יתהון‏
2
(of trees, branches) to produce a fully-formed fruit
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Num17:23↗ וַאֲנֵיץ נַץ וְכַפֵית שִגדִין"שקדין‏ : [=MT וַיָּצֵץ צִיץ וַיִּגְמֹל שְׁקֵדִים] ; P Num17:23↗ ܐܦܩ ܛܪ̈ܦܐ ܘܟܦܬ ܠܘ̈ܙܐ‏ : it sprouted leaves and had produced almonds
Cˀafˁelto subdue1 sense▶
to subdue
Sam
Marqe 1.100↗ איביך עתידין מכפתין למליך‏ : your enemies will be subdued by your words
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be curved3 senses▶
1
to be curved
Syr
PO2 263:3 text not cited
2
to be tied
Gal, CPA
SYAP 19:20↗ צדיקיא אתכפיתו בקולריא‏ : the righteous were tied up in the chains †
3
to subdue oneself
Sam
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁal(fruit) to be fully formed1 sense▶
(fruit) to be fully formed
Syr
BHNom 367:9↗ ܒܙܒܢܐ ܕܐܓܝܪܘܬܐ ܢܩܘܨ ܠܗ ܡܕܡ ܡܢ ܕܡܝ̈ ܦܐܪ̈ܐ܂ ܡܢ ܩܕܡ ܕܢܬܟܦܬܘܢ‏ : at the time of the rental he must discount somewhat from the value of the fruits before they are fully formed
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BA 3mpl. perf. כְּפִתוּ
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The meaning "(tree, branch) to produce a fully-formed fruit" for the peal is the traditional reading of what were surely originally pael forms (see Audo). Indeed it is possible that the interpretation goes back rather to a 3fs perfect form of kpp at Exod. 9:31!

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