גָּפַף (v. גּוּף) to bend, to join; to press, close; v. גָּפַס.
Pi. - גִּיפֵּף 1) to attach a rim, to surround. Kel. XV, 2. —2) to throw arms around, embrace (v. גַּף). Yoma 66ᵇ גי׳ ונשק Ar. (ed. גפף ונישק) whosoever embraces or kisses an idol; Snh. VII, 6 (60ᵇ) המְגַפֵּף.—Pesik. R. s. 26 גִיפְּפָן וכ׳ he hugged and kissed them. Ib. מְגַפְּפוֹת את וכ׳ threw their arms around the columns.—Y. Keth. VII, 31ᶜ מְגַפְּפִין סוטה if they have been seen embracing one another, she is amenable to the law of Sotah (v. סוֹטָה); a. fr.—Part. pass. מְגוּפָּף closed, enclosed, surrounded from all sides. Y. Kil. IV, 29ᵇ bot.; Y. Erub. I, 19ᶜ מְגוּפֶּפֶת וכ׳ enclosed on four sides; a. fr.—Tosef. Bekh. IV, 16 שאזניה מְגוּפָּפוֹת וכ׳ whose ears are closed.
Hif. - הֵגֵף to lock up, shut. Y. Sabb. XIII, 14ᵃ bot. [read:] ולא כמֵגֵף לתוכה וכ׳ we are not treating the case of one shutting (the animal) up in the vivarium; (Y. Bets. III, beg. 61ᵈ בנָעַל).