קפל I

קָפַלI (v. כָּפַל) 1) to double, fold, roll up. Y.Bets. II, 61c bot. סדיני‌ן … היו קֹופְלִין אותן they spread sheets on the floor, and, when the guests left, they folded them up. Men.VI, 4 (75b), v. כָּפַל. Gen. R. s. 52 היה קֹופֵל את הוילוןוכ׳ he had the curtain rolled up and spoke to him; ib. s. 74 מְקַפֵּל. Esth. R. to I, 5. Ex. R. s. 52 שלשה … קְפָלוּהוּ for three months they kept the Tabernacle rolled up (did not put it up); Yalk. ib. 417; (Tanḥ. Pḳudé 11 היה מונה ומפורק). Ḥull.91b קְפָלָהּהקב״ה לכלוכ׳ (Ms. H. קִיפֵּל) the Lord rolled up the entire land of Israel and placed it under him (Jacob); Gen. R. s. 69 קפלה כפינקס he folded it together like a book of writing tablets; a. fr.Trnsf. to overlap, combine. Tanḥ. Lekh 11 תשע …הקב״הוכ׳ the Lord combined 980 generations in order to give the law of circumcision to Abraham (alluding to Ps. 105:8); ib. תתקע״ד דורוכ׳ the Lord combined 974 generations in order to give the Law to the generation of the wilderness; Cant. R. to IV, 4 (ref. to אלף המגן, ib.) אלף דור קָפַלְתִּיוכ׳ I combined a thousand generations and brought that shield (the Law) which was the desire of your heart. B. Bath. 121b שבעה קָפְלוּוכ׳ (Rashb. קִיפְּלוּ) seven persons overlapped an entire world (lived through many generations): Methusalem saw Adam, Shem saw Methuselah Part. pass. קָפוּל; pl. קְפוּלִים. Ohol. XI, 3 ק׳ זוע״ג זו folded up (packed) one above the other. Pi. קִיפֵּל same. Gen. R. s. 52 לנביאי או״ה אינו מְקַפֵּל אותווכ׳ for the gentile prophets the Lord does not lift the curtain, but speaks to them from behind it. Sabb.II, 3 פתילת … שקִיפְּלָהּוכ׳ a wick made of rags which one has twisted but not yet singed, Ib. XV, 3 מְקַפְּלִין את הכליםוכ׳ you may fold garments Par. II, 3, v. מוֹסֵרָה. Sot.36a וקִיפְּלוּ את האבנים and they doubled up (packed) the stones, v. infra; (Tosef. ib. VIII, 8 ונטלו); a. fr.Part. pass. מְקוּפָּל; f. מְקיּפֶּלֶת; pl. מְקוּפָּלִים, מְקוּפָּלִין; מְקוּפָּלוֹת. Sabb.58a; 147a היוצא בטלית מק׳וכ׳ he that goes out with a cloak rolled up and laid over his shoulder. Ib. סוחרי כסות … מק׳וכ׳ dealers in clothes who go out with cloaks rolled up and laid Sifré Num. 84 וכשהם חונין … מק׳ ועומד and when they encamped, the pillar of cloud remained rolled up. Taan.31a אפי׳ מק׳וכ׳ even when folded and lying in the chest; a. e.Ned. VIII, 4, v. infra. Hif. הִקְפִּיל to double up, lay up in layers, pack. Ned.VIII, 4 (61b) עד שיַקְפִּילוּ המקצועות Bab. ed. (Y. ed. שיכפילו; Mish. שיְקַפְּלוּ), v. מַקְצוּעָה; (ib. 61b Gemarah שיכפלו, שיכפילו); Tosef.Dem.I, 3 משיקפלו; Y. ib. I, beg.21c משיקפלו. Hof. הוּקְפָּל to be laid up in layers, be folded up. Ned.62a הוּקְפְּלוּ רובוכ׳ if most of the figs have been packed (most of the knives have been folded up).