כְּפַן I, כְּפֵין same 1) to bend.—Part. pass. כָּפִין. Targ. Job XL, 17 (ed. Lag. כפיף, ed. Wil. כפף, Ms. כאיף; h. text יחפץ). —2) to pine (for food), to starve. Targ. Ps. XXXIV, 11. Targ. Gen. XLI, 55; a. fr.—Ber. 62ᵇ (prov.) עד דכַפְנַת אכול eat while thou art hungry (delay nothing). Pes. 107ᵇ bot. כי היכי דאגיר׳ ואִכְפַן אמצה וכ׳ Ms. M. (read: דאיגרר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. דניגרריה לליביה) that I may get an appetite and be eager for the Matsah in the evening. B. Mets. 83ᵃ וכְפִינָן and we are hungry; a. fr.—[Esth. R. to I, 4 כַּפְנָאִי I am hungry (?).]
Af. - אַכְפֵּין to cause to hunger. Targ. Deut. VIII, 3; a. e.—Sabb. 33ᵃ מַכְפֵּין נפשיה he starved himself (and grew sick in consequence).