- כרף
- כְּרַף (cmp. כְּרוּב), Ithpe. אִיכְּרַף to become round (of the nipple of the breast), to develop. Nidd.48b top (ref. to Ez. 23:21) אִיכָּרְפוּ דדיך … אישתדווכ׳ thy breasts began to develop, yet thou didst not repent, thy breasts were fully developped, yet ; (other interpret. in Rashi: איכ׳ to be swollen, אישת׳ to dry up; Ar.: איכרפית, v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v..
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.