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qpy vb. to coagulate; to float
GDCGt
Gpəˁalto coagulate, to congeal together3 senses▶
1
to coagulate, to congeal together
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Ex15:8↗ קְפוֹ תְהוֹמֵי בְלִיבָא דְיַמָא‏ ; GT W Exod15:8↗ קפון תהומיא [ב]פליגוס דימא רבא‏ ; SamTgJ Ex15:8↗ קפאה תהומה בלבה דימה‏ ; AGnEx 125.18↗ ܒܣܦܪ ܢܗܪܐ ܐܝܟ ܩܡܨܐ ܩ̈ܦܝܢ ܗܘܘ‏ : they were clumped up together on the river bank like locusts ; PJ Ex15:8↗ קפו עליהון תהומיא בגו פילגוס דימא רבא‏
2
to float
JLAtg, Syr, JBA
TgJ 2K6:6↗ וְקָץ אָעָא וֻרמָא לְתַמָן וֻקפָא"וצף" בַרזְלָא‏ : he cut a piece of wood, threw it in there, and the iron floated up ; KwDW 51:5↗ ܢܘ̈ܢܐ ܕܟܕ ܡܵܝܬܝܢ ܩܵܦܝܢ ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܡܝܐ‏ : fish, who float on top of the water when they die ; BT Šab 129a(40)↗ רב נחמן שתי ^עד^ דקאפי טחליה‏ : PN used to drink (wine) until his spleen floated (in it)
(1)
(of water) to rise up
JBA
BT Suk 53a(41)↗ קפא תהומא ובעו למשטפיה לעלמא‏ : the abyss rose up and (the water) was about to flood the world
3
to reach port, find safe haven
Syr
AGnEx 128.18↗ ܠܐܝܟܐ ܢܐܙܠ ܘܨܝܕ ܡ݁ܢ ܢܩܦܐ݂‏ : whither he would go and with whom find safe haven
Dpaˁˁelto skim off3 senses▶
1
to skim off
Syr
BhGr 141:20 text not cited
2
to catch insects (bird)
Syr
3
to make to congeal
LJLA
TgJob10:10var.↗ היך גובנין קרישתא"קפיתא" יתי‏ : You congealed me like cheese
Cˀafˁelto cause to float3 senses▶
1
to cause to float
JBA
BT Hag 21b(2)↗ דמיא למנא אקפויי מקפה ליה‏ : the water indeed causes the vessel to float
(1)
to cause to hover
JBA
BT Hag 16b(51)↗ דאמרינן להי אקפה ידיכי‏ : we say to them (f.): "Make your hands hover (over the animals)"
(2)
to make flooded
JBA
BT BM 12b(18)↗ דאקפי אגמא בכוורי‏ : that he flooded the meadow with fish
2
to skim off
JBA
BT Ḥul 120a(31)↗ כיון דאקפיה אחשביה‏ : since he skimmed it off [i.e. the blood on top] he showed that it was meaningful to him
3
to freeze
Sam
Marqe 1.564↗ מקפעין מיתין מרב דחלה‏ : frozen dead from great fear
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto float3 senses▶
1
to float
JBA
BT Er 53b(20)↗ ותיתקפי עלת בכד כאילפא דאזלת בים‏ : the ladle will float up in the pot like a ship going on the sea
2
to overflow
JBA
BT Qid 72a(38)↗ דאקפו פירי דכוורי וצדו בה בשבתא‏ : the ditches of fish overflowed and they fished in it on the Sabbath
(1)
to be dispersed (of cloud)
Syr
3
to reach port
Syr
Kays 106:22↗ ܬܡ݁ܢ ܐܬ݂ܩܲܦܝܬ݁ ܐ݂ܠܦܗ ܕܗܲܘܢܐ‏
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1390[681]DJPA: 499bDJBA: 1031bJastrow: 1400Drower/Macuch: 414aPayne-Smith: 3685J. Payne-Smith: 512Levy Ch-W: 2:375Tal Sam: 790

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