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אָבַר(√אב, v. אבב; cmp. גבר, חבר) to be bent, pressed, thick. Pi. אִבֵּר, אִיבֵּר 1) to strengthen, harden (cmp. אמץ). Snh.109b (play on Abiram, Num. 16:1) שאִי׳ לבו מ׳וכ׳ Ms. M. (Rashi לבבו, ed. עצמו) he hardened his heart against repentance. 2) (denom. of אֵבֶר) to measure wings, to define city limits, for Sabbath distances, in cases of wing-like projections beyond the line. Erub.V, 1 כיצד מְאַבְּרִין (accord, to Rabs spelling, while Sam. read מְעַבְּרִין, v. Y. ib. 22b, Bab. ib. 53a) how do we measure outskirts of a city in order to draw the Sabbath line?; v. etymol. definit. Y. a. Babl. II. cc. a. Y.Ber.VII, 12ctop. 3) (b. h. Hif.) to soar, take wings. Gen. R. s. 42 (play on Shemeber, Gen. 14:2) שמְאַבֵּרוכ׳ Ar. s. v. שמאבר (ed. שהיה פורח) he took wings to fly and obtain wealth.

אָבַר(√אב, v. אבב; cmp. גבר, חבר) to be bent, pressed, thick. Pi. אִבֵּר, אִיבֵּר 1) to strengthen, harden (cmp. אמץ). Snh.109b (play on Abiram, Num. 16:1) שאִי׳ לבו מ׳וכ׳ Ms. M. (Rashi לבבו, ed. עצמו) he hardened his heart against repentance. 2) (denom. of אֵבֶר) to measure wings, to define city limits, for Sabbath distances, in cases of wing-like projections beyond the line. Erub.V, 1 כיצד מְאַבְּרִין (accord, to Rabs spelling, while Sam. read מְעַבְּרִין, v. Y. ib. 22b, Bab. ib. 53a) how do we measure outskirts of a city in order to draw the Sabbath line?; v. etymol. definit. Y. a. Babl. II. cc. a. Y.Ber.VII, 12ctop. 3) (b. h. Hif.) to soar, take wings. Gen. R. s. 42 (play on Shemeber, Gen. 14:2) שמְאַבֵּרוכ׳ Ar. s. v. שמאבר (ed. שהיה פורח) he took wings to fly and obtain wealth.

כָּנָף(mostly) m. (b. h.; preced. wds.; cmp. גַּף II) ( bend, 1) wing, wing-feather. Kel. XVII, 14 כְּנַף העוז things made of feathers of the sea-eagle; a. e.Du. כְּנָפַיִם, pl. כְּנָפִים, כַּנְפוֹת. Ib. Toh. I, 2. Ḥull.III, 4 נמרטו כנָפֶיהָ if the wing-feathers are plucked out, v. נוֹצָה. Ib. 7 כל שיש לו ארבע … כ׳ … וכְנָפָיווכ׳ that (locust) which has four feet and four wings …, and whose wings cover the larger portion of its body (is clean); a. fr. 2) border, lap. Sifré Num. 115 מן הכ׳, v. גְּדִילָה II. Ib. מצות כ׳ the law concerning the borders of garments (Num. 15:38).Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 18; Koh. R. to XII, 3 (ref. to הראות ib.) אלו כַּנְפֵי הריאה those are the laps (extreme ends) of the lungs. Ḥull.45a. עד כנפי ריאה התחתונה to the borders of the lowest lung (of the animal suspended by its feet).Euphem. for a womans lap ( pudenda). Yeb.4a; 49a (expl. Deut. 23:1) כ׳ שראה אביו the lap which his father has seen, i. e. any woman with whom his father has had sexual connection. 3) cover. Pesik. Zakh., p. 29a>; Pesik. R. s. 12; Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 11 (ref. to יִכָּנֵף, Is. 30:20) כל זמן … כ׳ מכסהוכ׳ as long as the seed of Amalek survives, it is as if a cover hid the face (of Divinity) 4) (pl.) hands, arms; (of animals) shoulders, forelegs. Pes.VII, 11 (84a) ראשי כ׳ the cartilaginous tops of the forelegs. Y.Naz.VI, 55c bot. (ref. to Num. 6:19) בין שיש לו כ׳וכ׳ whether or not he has hands (to receive the offerings; Bab. ib. 46b כַּפַּיִם). Tosef.Dem.II, 11 מקבלין לכ׳ we accept a ḥaber (v. חָבֵר), if he promises to observe levitical cleanness of hands; Bekh.30b. Y.Dem.II, 23a top מקריבין לכ׳. Ib. כ׳ מדפותוכ׳ the laws concerning hands,, v. מִדָּף.אלישע בעל כ׳ one Elisha, a ḥaber observing cleanness of hands. Y.Ber.I, 4c bot.; Sabb.49a; 130a (legendary origin of the surname).Lev. R. s. 32 בעל כ׳ the winged angel. 5) curved attachments, handles Kel. XI, 6; Tosef. ib. B. Mets.I, 7, v. סִימְפּוֹנְיָא. Kel. XIV, 4 הכ׳ המקבלותוכ׳ the curves on the harness for holding the reins; ib. 5 כ׳ העשוים לנוי for ornament.Trnsf. כנפי השכינה or כ׳ divine protection; תחת כ׳ הש׳ under the wings of divine Majesty, i. e. belief and faith in God, Jewish religion. Lev. R. s. 2 פושטין … להכניסו תחת כ׳ הש׳ we must reach out a hand to him (the proselyte) in order to take him in Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, s.2 לאבד … מתחת כְּנָפֶיךָ to lead thy people away from the faith in thee.Ruth R. to II, 12; a. fr.

כָּנָף(mostly) m. (b. h.; preced. wds.; cmp. גַּף II) ( bend, 1) wing, wing-feather. Kel. XVII, 14 כְּנַף העוז things made of feathers of the sea-eagle; a. e.Du. כְּנָפַיִם, pl. כְּנָפִים, כַּנְפוֹת. Ib. Toh. I, 2. Ḥull.III, 4 נמרטו כנָפֶיהָ if the wing-feathers are plucked out, v. נוֹצָה. Ib. 7 כל שיש לו ארבע … כ׳ … וכְנָפָיווכ׳ that (locust) which has four feet and four wings …, and whose wings cover the larger portion of its body (is clean); a. fr. 2) border, lap. Sifré Num. 115 מן הכ׳, v. גְּדִילָה II. Ib. מצות כ׳ the law concerning the borders of garments (Num. 15:38).Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 18; Koh. R. to XII, 3 (ref. to הראות ib.) אלו כַּנְפֵי הריאה those are the laps (extreme ends) of the lungs. Ḥull.45a. עד כנפי ריאה התחתונה to the borders of the lowest lung (of the animal suspended by its feet).Euphem. for a womans lap ( pudenda). Yeb.4a; 49a (expl. Deut. 23:1) כ׳ שראה אביו the lap which his father has seen, i. e. any woman with whom his father has had sexual connection. 3) cover. Pesik. Zakh., p. 29a>; Pesik. R. s. 12; Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 11 (ref. to יִכָּנֵף, Is. 30:20) כל זמן … כ׳ מכסהוכ׳ as long as the seed of Amalek survives, it is as if a cover hid the face (of Divinity) 4) (pl.) hands, arms; (of animals) shoulders, forelegs. Pes.VII, 11 (84a) ראשי כ׳ the cartilaginous tops of the forelegs. Y.Naz.VI, 55c bot. (ref. to Num. 6:19) בין שיש לו כ׳וכ׳ whether or not he has hands (to receive the offerings; Bab. ib. 46b כַּפַּיִם). Tosef.Dem.II, 11 מקבלין לכ׳ we accept a ḥaber (v. חָבֵר), if he promises to observe levitical cleanness of hands; Bekh.30b. Y.Dem.II, 23a top מקריבין לכ׳. Ib. כ׳ מדפותוכ׳ the laws concerning hands,, v. מִדָּף.אלישע בעל כ׳ one Elisha, a ḥaber observing cleanness of hands. Y.Ber.I, 4c bot.; Sabb.49a; 130a (legendary origin of the surname).Lev. R. s. 32 בעל כ׳ the winged angel. 5) curved attachments, handles Kel. XI, 6; Tosef. ib. B. Mets.I, 7, v. סִימְפּוֹנְיָא. Kel. XIV, 4 הכ׳ המקבלותוכ׳ the curves on the harness for holding the reins; ib. 5 כ׳ העשוים לנוי for ornament.Trnsf. כנפי השכינה or כ׳ divine protection; תחת כ׳ הש׳ under the wings of divine Majesty, i. e. belief and faith in God, Jewish religion. Lev. R. s. 2 פושטין … להכניסו תחת כ׳ הש׳ we must reach out a hand to him (the proselyte) in order to take him in Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, s.2 לאבד … מתחת כְּנָפֶיךָ to lead thy people away from the faith in thee.Ruth R. to II, 12; a. fr.

עוּרI (b. h.) ( to be stirred up, v. עָרַר, to wake (act. a. neut.). Y.B. Bath.III, 14a וצריך לעזרו, read לעורר, v. infra.Part. עֵר; f. עֵרָה; pl. עֵרִים, עֵרוֹת, עֵי׳. B. Kam.II, 5 בין ער בין ישן whether awake or asleep. Nidd.12a. Sabb.55b; Snh.82a (ref. to Mal. 2:12) שלא יהיה לו ער … ועונהוכ׳ he shall have none awakening (teaching) among the teachers and none responding among the scholars. Cant. R. to V, 2 אני ישנה מן המצות ולבי ער לגמילת הסדים I am asleep (negligent) in ceremonies, but my heart is awake for charity; אני ישנה מן הצדקות ולבי ער לעשותן I am asleep (careless) about righteous deeds, but my heart awakens me (stirs me up) to do them; ib. ולבו שלהקב״ה ער לגאלני but the heart of the Lord, is awake (anxious) to redeem me; Pesik. Haḥod. p. 46b>; Pesik. R. s. 15 ולבי ער להקב״ה לגאלני but my heart is awake (waiting) for the Lord to redeem me; Yalk. Cant. 988; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Toldoth 18. Der. Er. Zuta ch. V לא יהא אדם ער … בין העי׳ one must not be awake among those sleeping, nor asleep among those awake. Nidd. l. c. בין ישנות בין ע׳ whether they are asleep or awake; a. fr. Nif. נֵעוֹר, נֵי׳ to be awake, wake up; to be stirred up, become active. B. Bath.74b והוהר״א ישן ור״י נעור (not ניער) R. E. was asleep, and R. J. awake. Gitt.VIII, 2 (78a) (נֵי׳) נֵעוֹרָה קוראהוכ׳ when she woke up, she read and found it was her letter of divorce. Ab. III, 4 הנ׳ בלילה he who is awake by night. Sifré. Deut. 314 כדי שיעֵוֹרוּ בניו (not שיעירו) that his young brood may wake up; Yalk. ib. 944. Cant. R. to IV, 8 (read:) בתחלה הוא נעורוכ׳ (or נִנְעַר, v. נָעַר II) first he bestirs himself (and proceeds) from the Temple ; a. fr.Ab. Zar.73a, a. fr. מצא מין את מינו וניעור kind found its kind and was stirred up, i. e. the two equal elements in the mixture join to become working agents.V. נָעַר II. Hif. הֵעִיר to make up; to stir up, instigate. Gen. R. s. 43 מי הוא זה שה׳ לבם של מזרחייםוכ׳ who was he that stirred up the heart of the eastsrn nations that they should come and fall ?; Yalk. Is. 311 שה׳ בלבם של אזרחיים (corr. acc.). Ib. ישנים … ומי הֵעִירָן לבאוכ׳ the nations were too indifferent to come under the wings of the Lord, and who waked them up to come under his wings? Snh.25b (expl. מפריחי יונים, ib. III, 3) אלו שמְעִירִיןוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שממרין) those who stir up the pigeons (on which they bet), v. מָרָה II. Hof. הוּעַר to be stirred up, be removed. Gen. R. s. 85 שה׳ מן העולם, v. עֵר II; Yalk. ib. 145. Polel עוֹרֵר 1) to wake up. Y.Ber.I, 2d (ref. to Ps. 57:9) דרכן … להיות השחר מְעוֹרְרָן it is usual with kings that the dawn wakes them up; Tanḥ. Bha‘ăl. דרך השחר מְעוֹרֵר … מעוררוכ׳ usually the dawn wakes the sons of man, but I wake the dawn up. Y.Ber.IX, 13d bot. היודע … הוא יְעוֹרֵר אתכם he that knows your numbers wake you (from death); a. fr.Y.Ter.V, end, 43d מעורר את מינו ליאסר stirs up its kind (makes it an agent) to become forbidden, v. supra.Maas. Sh. V, 15 בטל את המְעוֹרְרִים abolished the wakers; Sot.IX. 10, expl. ib. 48a; Tosef. ib. XIII, 9 מעוררין אילו הלויםוכ׳ the wakers are the Levites, who … sang, Awake (Ps. 44:24). Lev. R. s. 7, beg. שנאה … היא עוֹרְרָה עליהן דיני דינין hatred … stirred up against them judgment upon judgment; a. fr. 2) to excite to lamentation, arrange a memorial service, engage a travelling waiter. M. Kat. I, 5 לא יְעוֹרֵרוכ׳ one must not arrange a memorial service, v. סַפְדָּנָא; ib. 8a לא יערער, v. עִרְעֵר. 3) to raise an objection; to contest the legality of. Y.B. Bath.III, 14a (interch. with עָרַר) מכיון שערר … צריך לעוֹרֵר עליו since he contested the right of possession in three successive years, he need no longer contest. Ib. צריך לעורו (corr. acc.); v. עָרַר a. עִרְעֵר. Hithpol. הִתְעוֹרֵר, Nithpol. נִתְעוֹרֵר 1) to be waked up; to bestir ones self. Lev. R. l. c. עד שנה שנִתְעוֹרְרָה עליהןוכ׳ up to the year when it (hatred) was stirred up against them Ib. s. 9 (ref. to Cant. 4:16) לכשיִתְעוֹרְרוּ הגליותוכ׳ when the exiled colonies in the north are waked up (to be redeemed), they will come ; ib. לכשיִתְעוֹרֵר גוגוכ׳ when Gog bestirs himself (to war) Ib. דבר שהוא ישן ונתע׳ a thing (the daily offering) which was asleep (during the captivity) and has been reawakened (reinstated); a. e. 2) to be lively; to enjoy ones self. Midr. Till. to Ps. 149 הִתְעוֹרְדוּ עליוכ׳ enjoy yourselves with me at your pleasure.

עוּרI (b. h.) ( to be stirred up, v. עָרַר, to wake (act. a. neut.). Y.B. Bath.III, 14a וצריך לעזרו, read לעורר, v. infra.Part. עֵר; f. עֵרָה; pl. עֵרִים, עֵרוֹת, עֵי׳. B. Kam.II, 5 בין ער בין ישן whether awake or asleep. Nidd.12a. Sabb.55b; Snh.82a (ref. to Mal. 2:12) שלא יהיה לו ער … ועונהוכ׳ he shall have none awakening (teaching) among the teachers and none responding among the scholars. Cant. R. to V, 2 אני ישנה מן המצות ולבי ער לגמילת הסדים I am asleep (negligent) in ceremonies, but my heart is awake for charity; אני ישנה מן הצדקות ולבי ער לעשותן I am asleep (careless) about righteous deeds, but my heart awakens me (stirs me up) to do them; ib. ולבו שלהקב״ה ער לגאלני but the heart of the Lord, is awake (anxious) to redeem me; Pesik. Haḥod. p. 46b>; Pesik. R. s. 15 ולבי ער להקב״ה לגאלני but my heart is awake (waiting) for the Lord to redeem me; Yalk. Cant. 988; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Toldoth 18. Der. Er. Zuta ch. V לא יהא אדם ער … בין העי׳ one must not be awake among those sleeping, nor asleep among those awake. Nidd. l. c. בין ישנות בין ע׳ whether they are asleep or awake; a. fr. Nif. נֵעוֹר, נֵי׳ to be awake, wake up; to be stirred up, become active. B. Bath.74b והוהר״א ישן ור״י נעור (not ניער) R. E. was asleep, and R. J. awake. Gitt.VIII, 2 (78a) (נֵי׳) נֵעוֹרָה קוראהוכ׳ when she woke up, she read and found it was her letter of divorce. Ab. III, 4 הנ׳ בלילה he who is awake by night. Sifré. Deut. 314 כדי שיעֵוֹרוּ בניו (not שיעירו) that his young brood may wake up; Yalk. ib. 944. Cant. R. to IV, 8 (read:) בתחלה הוא נעורוכ׳ (or נִנְעַר, v. נָעַר II) first he bestirs himself (and proceeds) from the Temple ; a. fr.Ab. Zar.73a, a. fr. מצא מין את מינו וניעור kind found its kind and was stirred up, i. e. the two equal elements in the mixture join to become working agents.V. נָעַר II. Hif. הֵעִיר to make up; to stir up, instigate. Gen. R. s. 43 מי הוא זה שה׳ לבם של מזרחייםוכ׳ who was he that stirred up the heart of the eastsrn nations that they should come and fall ?; Yalk. Is. 311 שה׳ בלבם של אזרחיים (corr. acc.). Ib. ישנים … ומי הֵעִירָן לבאוכ׳ the nations were too indifferent to come under the wings of the Lord, and who waked them up to come under his wings? Snh.25b (expl. מפריחי יונים, ib. III, 3) אלו שמְעִירִיןוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שממרין) those who stir up the pigeons (on which they bet), v. מָרָה II. Hof. הוּעַר to be stirred up, be removed. Gen. R. s. 85 שה׳ מן העולם, v. עֵר II; Yalk. ib. 145. Polel עוֹרֵר 1) to wake up. Y.Ber.I, 2d (ref. to Ps. 57:9) דרכן … להיות השחר מְעוֹרְרָן it is usual with kings that the dawn wakes them up; Tanḥ. Bha‘ăl. דרך השחר מְעוֹרֵר … מעוררוכ׳ usually the dawn wakes the sons of man, but I wake the dawn up. Y.Ber.IX, 13d bot. היודע … הוא יְעוֹרֵר אתכם he that knows your numbers wake you (from death); a. fr.Y.Ter.V, end, 43d מעורר את מינו ליאסר stirs up its kind (makes it an agent) to become forbidden, v. supra.Maas. Sh. V, 15 בטל את המְעוֹרְרִים abolished the wakers; Sot.IX. 10, expl. ib. 48a; Tosef. ib. XIII, 9 מעוררין אילו הלויםוכ׳ the wakers are the Levites, who … sang, Awake (Ps. 44:24). Lev. R. s. 7, beg. שנאה … היא עוֹרְרָה עליהן דיני דינין hatred … stirred up against them judgment upon judgment; a. fr. 2) to excite to lamentation, arrange a memorial service, engage a travelling waiter. M. Kat. I, 5 לא יְעוֹרֵרוכ׳ one must not arrange a memorial service, v. סַפְדָּנָא; ib. 8a לא יערער, v. עִרְעֵר. 3) to raise an objection; to contest the legality of. Y.B. Bath.III, 14a (interch. with עָרַר) מכיון שערר … צריך לעוֹרֵר עליו since he contested the right of possession in three successive years, he need no longer contest. Ib. צריך לעורו (corr. acc.); v. עָרַר a. עִרְעֵר. Hithpol. הִתְעוֹרֵר, Nithpol. נִתְעוֹרֵר 1) to be waked up; to bestir ones self. Lev. R. l. c. עד שנה שנִתְעוֹרְרָה עליהןוכ׳ up to the year when it (hatred) was stirred up against them Ib. s. 9 (ref. to Cant. 4:16) לכשיִתְעוֹרְרוּ הגליותוכ׳ when the exiled colonies in the north are waked up (to be redeemed), they will come ; ib. לכשיִתְעוֹרֵר גוגוכ׳ when Gog bestirs himself (to war) Ib. דבר שהוא ישן ונתע׳ a thing (the daily offering) which was asleep (during the captivity) and has been reawakened (reinstated); a. e. 2) to be lively; to enjoy ones self. Midr. Till. to Ps. 149 הִתְעוֹרְדוּ עליוכ׳ enjoy yourselves with me at your pleasure.

צִיצָאch. sam( צִיץ II m. (b. h.; preced.) the highpriests front plate), 1) gold plate. Targ. Y. Gen. 31:19 (describing the Terafim, v. preced.).Esp. the highpriests front plate. Targ. Ex. 28:36. Targ. O. ib. 39:30 (Y. צִיצַת, constr. fem.); a. e. 2) אבני צ׳ jewels. Targ. II Esth. 1:2. 3) blossom. Targ. Job 14:2 ed. Lag., v. נֵץ I ch. 4) name of a bird of prey, night-hawk. Targ. O. Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15 (cmp. נֵץ II; h. text תחמס).Pl. צִיצִין a) fins. Targ. Lev. 11:9, sq.; Deut. 14:9 sq.; v. צִיצִיתָא.b) wings. Targ. Ps. 139:9 (Ms. צִיצְיָין). Targ. Y. Num. 24:24 (wings of an army; cmp. Is. 8:8; h. text צִים).c) fringes. Targ. Y. II ib. 15:38, v. צִיצִיתָא.

צִיצָאch. sam( צִיץ II m. (b. h.; preced.) the highpriests front plate), 1) gold plate. Targ. Y. Gen. 31:19 (describing the Terafim, v. preced.).Esp. the highpriests front plate. Targ. Ex. 28:36. Targ. O. ib. 39:30 (Y. צִיצַת, constr. fem.); a. e. 2) אבני צ׳ jewels. Targ. II Esth. 1:2. 3) blossom. Targ. Job 14:2 ed. Lag., v. נֵץ I ch. 4) name of a bird of prey, night-hawk. Targ. O. Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15 (cmp. נֵץ II; h. text תחמס).Pl. צִיצִין a) fins. Targ. Lev. 11:9, sq.; Deut. 14:9 sq.; v. צִיצִיתָא.b) wings. Targ. Ps. 139:9 (Ms. צִיצְיָין). Targ. Y. Num. 24:24 (wings of an army; cmp. Is. 8:8; h. text צִים).c) fringes. Targ. Y. II ib. 15:38, v. צִיצִיתָא.

רָפַף(b. h. רוֹפֵף; cmp. רָפָא, רָפָה) to be loose, to vibrate, vacillate. Lev. R. s. 14, end לחלב שנתון … הולך ורוֹפֵף like milk put into a dish, when you put mso (מסוֹ) into it, it curdles and stands; if not, it will constantly vibrate; Yalk. Job 905 ומְרַפְרֵף; Gen. R. s. 14 החלב רופף; Yalk. Lev. 547; Gen. R. s. 4, end הוא מרפף (prob. to be read: מְרוֹפֵף). Tosef.Ḥull.II, 12 הרוֹפֶפֶת בעיניה an animal that trembles (blinks) with its eyes (when being slaughtered); Ḥull.38b, v. infra.Y.Erub.X, beg.26a מקום שמוחו של התינוק רופף, v. רָפַס. Ib. ראה ראשו של תינוק רופףוכ׳ a cock saw the soft spot on an infants head and picked at it. Tosef.Zab.IV, 1 ששני ראשיה … אמצעיתה רוֹפֶפֶת the two ends of which reach to the ground, and the central part rocks (is unsupported). Y.Maas. Sh. V, 56b top כל הלכה היא רופפתוכ׳ if the application of a law is vacillating in the courts, and you do not know what its nature is, see how the people do ; Y.Peah VII, 20c top. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c כל שבעה … היא רופפתוכ׳ during the seven days (of mourning in the family) the sword is drawn, up to thirty days it is held loosely (v. רָפֶה), after twelve months it is returned to its sheath; Gen. R. s. 100 מִתְרַפְרֶפֶת; a. e.Erub.54a שרַף על הצואר (Rashi לצואר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300), v. עֲנָק II. Polel רוֹפֵף same. Y.M. Kat. III, 81d top והיו עמודי … מְרוֹפְּפִים and the columns of the meeting house shook. Gen. R. s. 4, v. supra. Pilpel רִפְרֵף 1) to move, shake. Ḥull.38b אפי׳ לאר׳ אלא גפו (Ms. R. 1, 2 בגפו) even if the bird only flaps a wing (Var. in Ar. בעינו blinks with its eye, v. supra). Gen. R. s. 2 (ref. to Gen. 1:2) כעוף הזה שהוא מְרַפְרֵףוכ׳ like a bird that flaps its wings (over its brood), and its wings touch and yet do not touch (v. רִיחוּף). 2) to flutter, be vacillating in mind. Ib. s. 20 לפי שרִפְרְפָה … קרבן מְרוּפְרָף because she (at the time of travailing) wavered in her heart (lost faith; ‘Rashi: made a half-hearted vow never to have marital intercourse again), therefore she must bring a fluttering sacrifice (a bird). Hithpalp. הִתְרַפְרֵף to be loose. Tosef.Makhsh.III, 8 מפני שהיא מִתְרַפְרֶפֶתוכ׳ because it (the bunch) may be loosened, and he will tie it again. Gen. R. s. 100, v. supra.

רָפַף(b. h. רוֹפֵף; cmp. רָפָא, רָפָה) to be loose, to vibrate, vacillate. Lev. R. s. 14, end לחלב שנתון … הולך ורוֹפֵף like milk put into a dish, when you put mso (מסוֹ) into it, it curdles and stands; if not, it will constantly vibrate; Yalk. Job 905 ומְרַפְרֵף; Gen. R. s. 14 החלב רופף; Yalk. Lev. 547; Gen. R. s. 4, end הוא מרפף (prob. to be read: מְרוֹפֵף). Tosef.Ḥull.II, 12 הרוֹפֶפֶת בעיניה an animal that trembles (blinks) with its eyes (when being slaughtered); Ḥull.38b, v. infra.Y.Erub.X, beg.26a מקום שמוחו של התינוק רופף, v. רָפַס. Ib. ראה ראשו של תינוק רופףוכ׳ a cock saw the soft spot on an infants head and picked at it. Tosef.Zab.IV, 1 ששני ראשיה … אמצעיתה רוֹפֶפֶת the two ends of which reach to the ground, and the central part rocks (is unsupported). Y.Maas. Sh. V, 56b top כל הלכה היא רופפתוכ׳ if the application of a law is vacillating in the courts, and you do not know what its nature is, see how the people do ; Y.Peah VII, 20c top. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c כל שבעה … היא רופפתוכ׳ during the seven days (of mourning in the family) the sword is drawn, up to thirty days it is held loosely (v. רָפֶה), after twelve months it is returned to its sheath; Gen. R. s. 100 מִתְרַפְרֶפֶת; a. e.Erub.54a שרַף על הצואר (Rashi לצואר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300), v. עֲנָק II. Polel רוֹפֵף same. Y.M. Kat. III, 81d top והיו עמודי … מְרוֹפְּפִים and the columns of the meeting house shook. Gen. R. s. 4, v. supra. Pilpel רִפְרֵף 1) to move, shake. Ḥull.38b אפי׳ לאר׳ אלא גפו (Ms. R. 1, 2 בגפו) even if the bird only flaps a wing (Var. in Ar. בעינו blinks with its eye, v. supra). Gen. R. s. 2 (ref. to Gen. 1:2) כעוף הזה שהוא מְרַפְרֵףוכ׳ like a bird that flaps its wings (over its brood), and its wings touch and yet do not touch (v. רִיחוּף). 2) to flutter, be vacillating in mind. Ib. s. 20 לפי שרִפְרְפָה … קרבן מְרוּפְרָף because she (at the time of travailing) wavered in her heart (lost faith; ‘Rashi: made a half-hearted vow never to have marital intercourse again), therefore she must bring a fluttering sacrifice (a bird). Hithpalp. הִתְרַפְרֵף to be loose. Tosef.Makhsh.III, 8 מפני שהיא מִתְרַפְרֶפֶתוכ׳ because it (the bunch) may be loosened, and he will tie it again. Gen. R. s. 100, v. supra.