- כִּינּוּפְיָא
- כְּנוּפְיָא, כִּינּוּפְיָאm. (כְּנַף I) crowd, assembly (cmp. דּוֹחֲקָא). Targ. Y. Num. 33:25 (transl. מקהלות) אתר כ׳.Sabb.60b איכא כי׳ there is a large gathering (in synagogues ). Ib. כי׳ דאיסורא gathering on a day when labor is not permitted. R. Hash. 27a כל כי׳ דכסף הוא all signals for assemblies were blown on silver horns. Yoma 51a אתי בכ׳ is offered by large crowds. Gitt.11a כ׳ דארמאי Ar. a. Rashi (ed. כְּנוּפְיָאתָא pl.) popular assemblies of gentiles, opp. ערכאות, v. עַרְכִי. B. Kam. 113a וכי לדידכו כְּנוּפַיְכוּ is your gathering (v. כַּלָּה) held for your individual benefit? (Var. v. כְּנַף I).Pl. כְּנוּפְיָאתָא, v. supra.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.