קוף II

קוֹףII m. (b. h.) ape. Kil. VIII, 6. Bekh.8a הפיל והק׳ והקיפיףוכ׳ the elephant, the ape, and the long-tailed ape (cercopithacos) give birth after three years of pregnancy. B. Bath.58a כק׳ בפני אדם as inferior in looks as the ape is to man. Toma 29b כמו שסדרו הק׳ as if an ape had arranged it on the table (as an unconscious act). Tanḥ. Pḳudé 3; a. e.Par. III, 5 בן הקוף, Mish. ed., v. קַיָּף.Pl. קוֹפִים, קוֹפִין, קוֹפוֹת. B. Kam.80a; Tosef. ib. VIII, 17. Snh.109a נעשו ק׳ ורוחותוכ׳ were turned into apes, spirits, demons and night-demons. Gen. R. s. 23 (in the days of Enosh) נעשו … כק׳ mens faces were made to be ape-like. Koh. R. to VI, 11 (ref. to מרבים הבל, ib.) כגון מגדלי ק׳וכ׳ as those who rear apes, cats ; a. e.