גְּפַף ch. same , to embrace. Y. Erub. III, 20ᵈ bot.; VII, 24ᵈ top נסתיה גְפַפְתֵּיה she took him and hugged and kissed him &c.—Snh. 82ᵇ גַּפְתָה לאמה (Yalk. Num. 372 גפתא) did she hug her mother there? [Rashi: she made her mother a prostitute.]
Pa. - גַּפֵּיף, גָּפֵיף 1) to embrace. Targ. O. Gen. XXIX, 13 גָ׳ (Ms. a. Y. some ed. גַּפֵּ׳). Ib. XXXIII, 4; a. fr. —2) to fold hands (in idleness). Targ. Koh. IV, 5.