כְּנַע (b. h. כָּנַע) to press, oppress.—Part. pass. כְּנִיעַ, pl. כְּנִיעִין depressed, mournful. Y. Ter. XI, end, 48ᵇ ע"י דאינון כ׳ because they are low-spirited.
Ithpa. - אִתְכַּנַּע,
Ithpe. - אִיכְּנַע to lower one’s self, be humble. Targ. Y. Gen. XVI, 9 (h. text התעני). Targ. I Kings XXI, 29. Targ. Is. XLI, 11 (h. text יכלמו); a. fr.—Targ. Ez. XXIX, 7 באִתְכְּנָעוּתְהוֹן Var., v. כני ch.—Y. Taan. III, 66ᶜ bot. מִתְכַּנְּעִין they humble themselves (in penitence).—Esp. to bow to a superior, to salute. Gen. R. s. 33 ולא א׳ מיניה and he did not salute him. M. Kat. 16ᵇ ולא אִיכְנְעָא מקמיה and she did not bow to him; a. e.