כָּתֵף

כָּתֵףm. (b. h.; v. כָּתַף) 1) joint, shoulder. Shebi. III, 9 אבני כ׳ באיןוכ׳ heavy stones may be taken in the Sabbatical year from any place (their size showing their designation for building purposes); כל שהן נטלות … על הכ׳ those which are carried, two or three at a time, on the shoulder. B. Mets.68b; Tosef. ib. V, 6 מקום שנהגו להעלות שכר כ׳ למעות where it is customary to add a remuneration for carriage to the money (to be paid to the partner on settling). Gen. R. s. 56 (ref. to Gen. 22:6) כזה שהוא טוען … על כְּתֵפוֹ like him (the culprit) who carries his cross on his shoulders; a. fr. 2) grapes on an arm of a vine which branches off into twigs, contrad. to נטף grapes hanging down from the trunk. Peah VII, 4 what is gleaning (belonging to the poor, Lev. 19:10)? כל שאין לה כ׳וכ׳ the grapes remaining on a stalk which has no arm (its grapes having been collected) ; expl. Tosef. ib. III, 11; Y. ib. VII, 20a bot., v. פְּסִיגָה.Pl. כְּתֵפִים, כְּתֵיפִים, constr. כִּתְפוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 20 נאה להרכיבה על כ׳ it is proper to carry her on (human) shoulders; a. e.(Yalk. Gen. 161; Y.Sot.I, 17b bot., v. כְּפָתָה.Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. II, 4, v. כָּפִיס.