קָפַץ

vb. draw together, shut (NH = BH; Arabic قَفَصَ collect, conjoin, tie; Syriac ܩܦܰܣ draw together, contract, withdraw (cf. NöM 47: ZMG xxxiii (1879), 516); 𝔗 קְפַץ hasten (double oneself up in running), Pi. hop, spring);— Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ ψ 77:10, etc.; Impf. 2 ms. תִּקְפֹּץ Dt 15:7; 3 mpl. יִקְפְּצוּ Is 52:15;—shut hand Dt 15:7 (c. מִן away from, so as not to lend; opp. פתח v 8); mouth, in astonishment Is 52:15, in abject silence Jb 5:16 ψ 107:42; fig. ק׳ רַחֲמָיו 77:10 shut up his compassion. Impf. 3 ms. יִקָּֽפְצוּן Jb 24:24 si vera l., they draw themselves together, of contraction in death (cf. Di Bu; Ol יִקָּֽבְצוּן are gathered in). Pt. מְקַפֵּץ עַל־הַגְּבָעוֹת Ct 2:8 springing (i.e. making repeated contractions of body, in taking leaps) upon the hills (‖ מְדַלֵּג).