קָפִיץ

קָפִיץm., pl. קְפִיצִין (cmp. קָפַץ; קֶבֶץ, a Syr. קופסא poples, P. Sm. 369 6) joints, hams of the knee. Gen. R. s. 65 (ref. to Ez. 1:7) אין להם ק׳ they have no joints (cannot bend their knees). Lev. R. s. 6; Pesik. R. s. 22 מלאכי … ק׳ the angels of destruction have no joints (cannot sit or lie down); a. e.Tosef.Par.XI (X), 1 ספק הקְפָצִין a doubtful levitical uncleanness based on contact with ones legs, opp. to הידים.