קַרְקֵי׳

קַרְקֵפֶל, קַרְקֵי׳m. (Preced., with format. ל; cmp. כַּרְמֶל ) scalp (used as a charm in battle). Ab. Zar.11b (describing a sort of secular game) אחת לשבעים … קַרְקִיפְלוֹ שלוכ׳ once in seventy years they make a well man ride on a lame man and dress him in the garments of Adam and place on his head the scalp of R. Ishmael Ḥull.123a קרְקֵפְלוֹ של ו׳וכ׳ R. Ishmaels scalp was put on the head of kings (as a charm.). Pl. קַרְקַפְלִין. Ib. אין לך לגיון …וכ׳ there is not a Roman legion that does not carry with it several scalps; Tosef. ib. VIII, 16.