- קפיצה
- קְפִיצָהf. (קָפַץ) 1) leaping. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22 אותה ק׳ ed. Bub. (ed. הקְפָצָה), v. קָפַץ; Yalk. ib. 687.Pl. קְפִיצֹות. Y.Succ.V, 55c top היה … בקְפִיצֹותָיו prided himself on his leaping performances. 2) miraculous translation from place to place. Erub.43a רקאזיל בק׳ he traversed a large distance by miraculous flight; Yeb.116a. 3) skipping, intermission. Nidd.11a בלא ק׳ regularly.Pl. as ab. Ib.; a. e. 4) (closing of lips, mimic intimation of, or to a deaf and dumb person.Pl. as ab. Gitt.71a לא הלכו … ואחר קפיצותיווכ׳ we follow his intimations by hints or motions of the lips or by writing only in the disposal of chattel, but not for letters of divorce.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.