תְּקֵף

vb. grow strong (𝔗 Syriac; BH, q.v., (late));— Pf. 3 ms. תְּקִ֑ף, of tree, Dn 4:8, 17; 2 ms. תְּקֵפְתְּ 4:19, of king; 3 fs. תִּקְפַת 5:20 fig. grow arrogant, of spirit of man. make strong, stringent: Inf. לְתַקָּפָה Dn 6:8 acc. of interdict.

to seize, hold firmly. Targ. Job XXVII, 6 תְּקָפִית Ms. (ed. תַּקִּיפִית). Ib. VIII, 15 יִתְקֵיף ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. תתקיף, corr. acc.; Ms. יִתּוֹקַף Ittof.). to be strong, become powerful. Targ. Ex. I, 7 (Y. ed. Vien. אַתְקִיפוּ Af.). Ib. XIX, 19 (Y. ed. Wil. תַּקִּיף, read: תָּקֵיף). Targ. Gen. XLI, 57. Targ. O. Deut. XXXI, 6, sq. Targ. Jud. VII, 11 יִתְקְפָן ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. יתקוף, corr. acc.); a. fr. to be heavy, rest heavily upon, be hard. Targ. O. Gen. XLVII, 20 (Y. תַּקִּיף). Targ. I Sam. V, 7 (ed. Wil. תַּקִּרפַת).—Gitt. 77ᵇ ת׳ ליה עלמא the world was heavy for him, i.e. he felt very ill (v. קַלִּיל II). Kidd. 22ᵇ חזייה דתָקיף ליה עלמא טובא (or דתְקֵיף) he saw that he was very sick; a. fr.—Ned. 91ᵃ, v. infra. (with רוגזא, or sub. רוגזא) to be vehement, hot, excited. Targ. Gen. XXX, 2. Targ. Ex. XXII, 23. Targ. Ps. XVIII, 8 ת׳ ליה; Targ. II Sam. XXII, 8 ת׳ רוגזיה. Targ. Jon. IV, 4; 9 תְּקוֹף ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. תְּקֵיף, a. תקוף). Targ. Gen. IV, 6 (Y. ed. Vien. תַּקִּיף); a. fr.—Yeb. 63ᵇ מִתְקֵיף תְּקִיפָא she is irascible, v. עֲבַר Ithpe.—Ned. 91ᵃ זמנין דתקיף לה מן גברא sometimes she has a strong feeling against her husband; [oth. interpret.: she has a strong passion for another man].—4) to get hot, ferment, get sour. B. Mets. 64ᵃ אי תַקְפָה ברשותך if it should get sour, it shall be considered in thy possession (it shall be thy loss). Ib. 83ᵃ זבני … ותְקִיפוּ להו I bought three hundred barrels of wine for thee, and they turned sour; ארבע … כי תְקִיפֵי וכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) if four hundred barrels turn sour, this must have been rumored about; Yalk. Ex. 346 כי תַקְפֵי; Ber. 5ᵇ (En Yaʿăḳob אִיתְּקוּף Ithpe); a. e. (cmp. חזק) to strengthen; to repair; to harden (the heart of). Targ. Ps. CXLVII, 13. Targ. II Kings XII, 7; 9. Ib. 6 יְתַקְּפיּן (not יִתְקְ׳). Targ. Deut. I, 38. Targ. O. Ex. IV, 21 ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. Af.). Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 41 (h. text פריצ׳!); a. fr. to seize, force. Ḥag. 15ᵃ תַּקְּפֵיה עייליה וכ׳ he seized him and brought him to the school-house. (v. תַּקִּיף) to be strong &c., v. supra. to grow strong. Targ. Y. Ex. I, 7 (v. supra); a. e. to strengthen, make strong, heavy; to harden. Targ. Ps. CV, 24. Targ. I Kings XII, 10; 14. Targ. Jer. V, 3; a. fr.—Part. pass. מַתְקַף. Targ. Is. XXX, 13. to seize, take hold of, to cause to seize. Targ. Gen. XXI, 18. Targ. Ex. IV, 4. Ib. IX, 2; a. fr. (scholastic term) [to seize, stop,] to raise an objection. Ḥull. 43ᵃ מַתְקִיף לה וכ׳ R. A. objected to it; a. v. fr. , Ittof. אִתּוֹקַף to strengthen one’s self, be strong; to make an effort. Targ. Y. Deut. XXXI, 6, sq. Targ. II Chr. I, 1. Ib. XVIII, 34. Targ. Ps. CVI, 23 (some ed. Af. incorr.); a. fr. to be hardened. Targ. Ex. VII, 13; a. e. to get sour, v. supra.—[Targ. Y. Num. XXXVI, 7 תיתקף, read: תיסתקף, v. סְקַף I.]