- כְּתַף
- כְּתַףPa. כַּתֵּף same. Sabb.8a ולא כַתּוּפֵי מְכַתְּפֵי עלויה Ms. M. nor do they not use it for rearranging burdens; וראי מְכַתְּפִין עילויה people surely use it Ib. 119a מְכַתַּף ועיילוכ׳ carried things in and out. Ib. מי לא מְכַתִּיפְנָא קמייהו should I not carry things in and out for their reception?Esp. to carry a person (in a chair) on shoulders, v. אֲלַנְקִי. Yoma 87a; Snh.7b. Bets.25b הוו מְכַתְּפֵי להו (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) they carried them; (ed. מִכַּתְּפוּ להו Ithpa. allowed themselves to be carried). Ithpa. אִיכַּתֵּף to be carried on shoulders, v. supra.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.