כנע

כְּנַע(b. h. כָּנַע) to press, oppress.Part. pass. כְּנִיעַ, pl. כְּנִיעִין depressed, mournful. Y.Ter.XI, end, 48b ע״י דאינון כ׳ because they are low-spirited. Ithpa. אִתְכַּנַּע, Ithpe. אִיכְּנַע to lower ones self, be humble. Targ. Y. Gen. 16:9 (h. text התעני). Targ. 1 Kings 21:29. Targ. Is. 41:11 (h. text יכלמו); a. fr.Targ. Ez. 29:7 באִתְכְּנָעוּתְהוֹן Var., v. כני ch.Y.Taan.III, 66c bot. מִתְכַּנְּעִין they humble themselves (in penitence).Esp. to bow to a superior, to salute. Gen. R. s. 33 ולא א׳ מיניה and he did not salute him. M. Kat. 16b ולא אִיכְנְעָא מקמיה and she did not bow to him; a. e.