קַרְקְפָא

קַרְקַף, קַרְקְפָאm. (= קפקפ׳, קפף; cmp. קוֹרְקְבָן) (round, skull, head. B. Bath. 121b bot. לשבטים … לקרקף גבריוכ׳ (Ms. M. לקרקפא דג׳) was the land divided by tribes (each tribe getting an equal share) or by the heads of men? Sabb.67a (in an incantation) אקרקף דאריוכ׳ Ar. (ed. אקרקפי, read: אקַרְקְפֵיה) on the head of a lion, and on the nostrils B. Bath.55a אקרקףוכ׳ (Ar. אקרקפא; Rashb. אקרקפתא), v. כַּרְגָּא; a. e.Fem. form קַרְקַפְתָּא. R. Hash. 17a ק׳ דלא מנח תפלין (Tosaf. מנחא) the head (of him) that puts no Tfillin on. B. Bath. l. c., v. supra.