כופת

כּוֹפֶתc. (כָּפָה, cmp. מטה כפויה s. v. כָּפָה) ( an inverted vessel, a low seat, a block with a concave top to sit upon; bolster, stool. Kel. XXII, 9. Tosef.Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 כ׳בין חקוקוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. כרפ׳, Var. כיפ׳, corr. acc.) a block whether caved out Kel. XX, 5 כ׳ שקבעווכ׳ if one put a stool in the rubble of a wall (v. נִדְבָּךְ; Tosef. ib. B. Mets.XI, 6 כסא … בבנין). Tosef. ib. B. Bath. II, 1 (read:) כ׳ הלקה שאין בהוכ׳ (v. R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9; ed. Zuck. כיפת חלק) a plain (not shaped) block which has not the height of Y.Pes.VII, 28d bot. בצק שעשאו כ׳ a mass of hardened dough which one made into a seating block. Ohol. XI, 3 וכ׳ עבה a thick carpet-cover of a seating block (cmp. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.XI, 10). Y.Erub.VII, 24b bot. כ׳ שהדריגוה a seating block into which steps were cut. Tosef.Ohol.XII, 2 שתי …וכ׳ע״ג האבן R. S. to ib. XI, 3 (ed. Zuck. a. oth. וכי׳) two stones above one another and a seating block on top ; a. e.Pl. כּוֹפְתִין. Ib. in R. S. to Ohol l. c. (ed. Zuck. a. oth. כָּפִיתִין).

כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

כָּפַת(cmp. preced.) to twist, tie. Tam.IV, 1 לא היו כופְתִיןוכ׳ they did not twist (tie together the four feet of) the lamb, opp. העקיד, v. עָקַר. Snh.70b (ref. to Prov. 31:1) שכְּפָתתּוֹ אמווכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שכפאתו) his mother tied him to a post; Num. R. s. 10 כפפתו (corr. acc.). Par. III, 9 כְּפָתוּהָוכ׳ they tied her (the red heifer) with a rope Gen. R. s. 56 כל מה … עוקד … כופתוכ׳ (some ed. כובש) as much as Abraham hound Isaac …, the Lord tied (held in check) the genii of the gentiles; Yalk. Gen. 101; Yalk. Nah. 561. Gen. R. l. c. כְּפָתֵנִיוכ׳ tie me well. Macc.III, 12 כופת שתי ידיווכ׳ (some ed. כופה) one puts both his hands in stocks on the pole. Gitt.14b אומרין כְּפוֹתוּ כּוֹפְתִין when they (the officers) say, put him in stocks, they put him Succ.32a (ref. to כפת, Lev. 23:40) כָּפוּת אם היה פרוד יִכְפְּתֶנּוּ (Ms. M. omits כפות) it must be tied; if the branch is spread, one must tie it closely. Ib. כָּפוּת מכללוכ׳ ‘tied implies that it is sometimes spread, while this (the stalk) is always tied (closely pressed together). Toh. VII, 5 אפי׳ כפות, v. יָבַל. Y.Gitt.I, end, 43d; Y.Kidd.III, 64a bot. ויוסי אחי כ׳וכ׳ and (I saw) my brother J. in stocks and the lash passing over him. Midr. Till. to Ps. 2:3 (ref. to ‘their bands, Ib.) אלו שבע מצות שהן כְּפוּתִין בהן (not כתופין כתיפ׳, v. ed. Bub. note) those are the seven (Noachidic) laws by which they (the gentiles) are tied (restrained); a. e. Pi. כִּיפֵּת same. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. II, 1. Y.Hor.III, 48b bot. מְכַפֵּת, v. כָּפַף.Part. pass. מְכוּפָּת, pl. מְכוּפָּתִין. Esth. R. to I, 6, v. כְּפָתָא. Nif. נִכְפָּת to be tied. Cant. R. to. I, 14.

כָּפַת(cmp. preced.) to twist, tie. Tam.IV, 1 לא היו כופְתִיןוכ׳ they did not twist (tie together the four feet of) the lamb, opp. העקיד, v. עָקַר. Snh.70b (ref. to Prov. 31:1) שכְּפָתתּוֹ אמווכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שכפאתו) his mother tied him to a post; Num. R. s. 10 כפפתו (corr. acc.). Par. III, 9 כְּפָתוּהָוכ׳ they tied her (the red heifer) with a rope Gen. R. s. 56 כל מה … עוקד … כופתוכ׳ (some ed. כובש) as much as Abraham hound Isaac …, the Lord tied (held in check) the genii of the gentiles; Yalk. Gen. 101; Yalk. Nah. 561. Gen. R. l. c. כְּפָתֵנִיוכ׳ tie me well. Macc.III, 12 כופת שתי ידיווכ׳ (some ed. כופה) one puts both his hands in stocks on the pole. Gitt.14b אומרין כְּפוֹתוּ כּוֹפְתִין when they (the officers) say, put him in stocks, they put him Succ.32a (ref. to כפת, Lev. 23:40) כָּפוּת אם היה פרוד יִכְפְּתֶנּוּ (Ms. M. omits כפות) it must be tied; if the branch is spread, one must tie it closely. Ib. כָּפוּת מכללוכ׳ ‘tied implies that it is sometimes spread, while this (the stalk) is always tied (closely pressed together). Toh. VII, 5 אפי׳ כפות, v. יָבַל. Y.Gitt.I, end, 43d; Y.Kidd.III, 64a bot. ויוסי אחי כ׳וכ׳ and (I saw) my brother J. in stocks and the lash passing over him. Midr. Till. to Ps. 2:3 (ref. to ‘their bands, Ib.) אלו שבע מצות שהן כְּפוּתִין בהן (not כתופין כתיפ׳, v. ed. Bub. note) those are the seven (Noachidic) laws by which they (the gentiles) are tied (restrained); a. e. Pi. כִּיפֵּת same. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. II, 1. Y.Hor.III, 48b bot. מְכַפֵּת, v. כָּפַף.Part. pass. מְכוּפָּת, pl. מְכוּפָּתִין. Esth. R. to I, 6, v. כְּפָתָא. Nif. נִכְפָּת to be tied. Cant. R. to. I, 14.

כִּרְכִּם(reduplic. of כרם) 1) to draw a circle; denom. כַּרְכּוֹם II. 2) (cmp. כְּרוּם) to paint, varnish; to polish, bronze. Kel. XV, 2 סירקן או כִרְכְּמָן if he painted or varnished the boards. Ib. XXII, 9 כופת שסירקו או כִרְכְּמוֹוכ׳ a block which one painted or varnished so as to give it a distinguishable surface. Ḥull.25b לכַרְכֵּם Ar. to polish or bronze (metal vessels), v. כִּרְכֵּב. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VI, 1 ואם … לכרכם עד שיְכַרְכֵּם if he intends to varnish (the leather goods), they cannot become unclean until he has varnished them. Cant. R. beg. סיתתה וכִירְכְּמָהּ he chiseled and polished the stone, v. מָרַק.כ׳ פנים ( to braze the face, to be bold, defiant (cmp. יָרַק). Ylamd. to Num. 20:8 quot. in Ar. והוא מְכרְכֵּם פניו כנגדן (some ed. Ar. מכרכס, (v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v.) and he (Moses) defied them; Yalk. Num. 763 נִתְכַּרְכְּמוּ פניו, v. infra.Part. pass. מְכוּרְכָּם פנים מְכוּרְכָּמוֹת; green, pale face. Gen. R. s. 99 יצאו ופניהם מכ׳ they went out pale-faced (abashed).Denom. כַּרְכּוֹם I. Nithpa. נִתְכַּרְכֵּם (denom. of כַּרְכּוֹם I, cmp. יָרַק), with פנים 1) to look saffron-like, pale, abashed, grieved. Ib. s. 20 נִתְכַּרְכְּמוּ פניו he turned pale. Y.Snh.I, 19a bot. Pesik. Par. p. 38a>; Num. R. s. 19 (some ed. נתכרמו, corr. acc.).Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:35 ופניו מִתְכַּרְכְּמִין and his (Abrahams) face turned pale (from jealousy); Yalk. Sam. 162 ופני אברהם מִתְכַּרְכְּמוֹת. 2) to become bronze-colored. Cant. R. to I, 6 נתכ׳ פניו his face was tanned (from exposure to the sun; Yalk. ib. 982 נפחם). 3) to become angry, defiant. Yalk. Num. 763, v. supra.

כִּרְכִּם(reduplic. of כרם) 1) to draw a circle; denom. כַּרְכּוֹם II. 2) (cmp. כְּרוּם) to paint, varnish; to polish, bronze. Kel. XV, 2 סירקן או כִרְכְּמָן if he painted or varnished the boards. Ib. XXII, 9 כופת שסירקו או כִרְכְּמוֹוכ׳ a block which one painted or varnished so as to give it a distinguishable surface. Ḥull.25b לכַרְכֵּם Ar. to polish or bronze (metal vessels), v. כִּרְכֵּב. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VI, 1 ואם … לכרכם עד שיְכַרְכֵּם if he intends to varnish (the leather goods), they cannot become unclean until he has varnished them. Cant. R. beg. סיתתה וכִירְכְּמָהּ he chiseled and polished the stone, v. מָרַק.כ׳ פנים ( to braze the face, to be bold, defiant (cmp. יָרַק). Ylamd. to Num. 20:8 quot. in Ar. והוא מְכרְכֵּם פניו כנגדן (some ed. Ar. מכרכס, (v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v.) and he (Moses) defied them; Yalk. Num. 763 נִתְכַּרְכְּמוּ פניו, v. infra.Part. pass. מְכוּרְכָּם פנים מְכוּרְכָּמוֹת; green, pale face. Gen. R. s. 99 יצאו ופניהם מכ׳ they went out pale-faced (abashed).Denom. כַּרְכּוֹם I. Nithpa. נִתְכַּרְכֵּם (denom. of כַּרְכּוֹם I, cmp. יָרַק), with פנים 1) to look saffron-like, pale, abashed, grieved. Ib. s. 20 נִתְכַּרְכְּמוּ פניו he turned pale. Y.Snh.I, 19a bot. Pesik. Par. p. 38a>; Num. R. s. 19 (some ed. נתכרמו, corr. acc.).Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:35 ופניו מִתְכַּרְכְּמִין and his (Abrahams) face turned pale (from jealousy); Yalk. Sam. 162 ופני אברהם מִתְכַּרְכְּמוֹת. 2) to become bronze-colored. Cant. R. to I, 6 נתכ׳ פניו his face was tanned (from exposure to the sun; Yalk. ib. 982 נפחם). 3) to become angry, defiant. Yalk. Num. 763, v. supra.