קְפַל

קְפַלch., Pa. קַפֵּל same, 1) to scrape off. B. Bath.4b דקָפֵיל ליה חבריהוכ׳ (Rashi: מְקַפֵּל; Ms. M. מְקַפּיל) the neighbor might scrape off (the clay) Ib. מקפיל ליה Ms. M. (ed. קליף ליה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). 2) to dig, unearth (esp. used of grave robbers). Sabb.152b הנהו קפולאי דהוו קָפְלֵיוכ׳ grave robbers that were unearthing (bodies) in the field of ; Yalk. Ez. 376; Yalk. Gen. 33 מְקַפְּלֵי. Ithpe. אִיקְּפִיל to be peeled off. Hull. 44a (read:) דאִיקְּפוּל אִיקְּפוּלֵי the gullet and windpipe were loosened by peeling, opp. דאפרוק איפרוקי they were torn off forcibly.