קפד

קָפַד(b. h.) to contract, convolve, v. קוּפָּד. Hif. הִקְפִּיד (cmp. קָצַף) 1) to be angry, lose temper. Taan.20b מימי לא הִקְפַּדְתִּיוכ׳ never did I lose my temper in my house; Y. ib. III, end, 67a. Y.Ber.IV, 7d (prayer on entering the schoolhouse) שלא אַקְפִּיד … יַקְפִּידוּוכ׳ that I may not get excited over my colleagues, and my colleagues may not get excited over me. Sabb.31a והלל לא יַקְפִּיד and Hillel shall not get impatient. Ab. dR. N. ch. I מַקְפִּיד על דבריו, v. מָתַן. Ex. R. s. 6 ואף הוא מקפיד (not מקפידו) and he (Moses) also lost his temper. Ib. ואתה מקפיד על דברי and thou losest thy temper in spite of my word (that declared thee the most patient of men)?; a. fr. 2) to provoke, insult. Y.Keth.IV, 28d bot. ה׳ אתוכ׳ he insulted an elder and struck him. 3) to be strict, particular; to care for, mind. Mikv. IX, 3; 7 כל המקפיד עליו הוצץ whatever one minds (on ones body) causes a partition for immersion, v. חָצַץ I. B. Mets.75a בני חבורה המַקְפִּידִיןוכ׳ members of a party that are particular with one another (in lending and borrowing); Sabb.149a. Ḥull.107b שני אחין ומקפידיןוכ׳ two brothers (taking separate meals at the same table) who are particular with each other. Gen. R. s. 65 לא היתה מַקְפֶּרֶתוכ׳ did not mind the pollution through idolatry; a. v. fr.