כָּסַף

vb. long (for) (Arabic كَسَفَ be colourless, obscure, be eclipsed (of sun or moon); also be depressed in appearance BaES 61; mod. Arabic disappoint; refl. conjj. be disappointed, ashamed, v. SpiroVocab.; NH כסף Hiph. shew pallor, be pale, white; Qal be ashamed, long for, cf. Aramaic כְּסַף)— Impf. 2 ms. לְמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ תִּכְסֹ֑ף Jb 14:15 for the work of thy hands thou wouldest long; 3 ms. כְּאַרְיֵה יִכְסוֹף לִטְרֹ֑ף ψ 17:12 like a lion that longeth to rend. Pf. 2 ms. + Inf. abs. נִכְסֹף נִכְסַפְתָּה לְבֵית אָבִיךָ Gn 31:30 thou didst long sorely for thy father’s house; Pf. 3 fs. נִכְסְפָה … נַפְשִׁי לְחַצְרוֹת י׳ ψ 84:4 my soul longeth … for the courts of י׳; Pf. 3 ms. הַגּוֹי לֹא נִכְלסָ֑ף Zp 2:1 very dub.; but perhaps (Ges Ew Hi Ke al.), O nation not turning pale, = not ashamed, cf. etym. supr.; We thinks whole v. corrupt.