גּוּף ch. same 1) to close. Targ. Mal. I, 10; a. e. —2) [to embrace,] to have illegitimate intercourse, to commit adultery with. Targ. O. Lev. XX, 10 (Y. גוּר); a. e.—Part. גָּיֵף, גָּיְיפָא. Targ. Hos. IV, 2; 13; a. e.—Lev. R. s. 3; Koh. R. to IV, 6 (prov.) ג׳ בחזורין וכ׳ (Ar. גָּיְרָא) she prostitutes herself for apples and distributes them among the sick (sinning and doing charity).
Af. - אָגֵיף, אַגֵּיף, , אָגֵף to close. Targ. II Sam. XIII, 17 אִיגוֹף ed. Lag. (ed. אָגֵיף) close thou &c. Ib. 18 אגף (ed. Lagarde (ed. אגיף); a. e.—B. Kam. 105ᵃ אגף חצייה he closed half of the opening.
Pa. - גַּיֵּיף as Pe. 2. Targ. Hos. IV, 14 מְגַיְּ׳ (ed. Lag. גייפן).—V. גְּפַף a. גּוּר II