נָקַף II (b. h.; cmp. קוּף a. נָקַב) to circle; to bore.—Part. pass. נָקוּף; f. נְקוּפָה. Gen. R. s. 100, v. נָקַב.
Hif. - הִקִּיף 1) to surround. Erub. I, 8 (15ᵇ) והִקִּיפוּהָ (ב)כלי בהמה and they surrounded it (the camp) with utensils of travel (wagons, saddles &c.). Ib. 9 מַקִּיפִין שלשה וכ׳ you may surround the camp with three ropes &c. (for Sabbath purposes). Ib. 53ᵇ מצאתי שמקיפין אותה גנות וכ׳ I found that gardens and orchards surrounded the town (making it inaccessible); a. fr. —2) to cause to go around. Mekh. B’shall. s. 1 אַקִּיפֵם במדבר וכ׳ I shall make them go around in the desert forty years; ib. הריני מַקִּיפָן וכ׳. Snh. VIII, 1 עד שיַקִּיף וכ׳ until he has grown hair around &c., v. זָקֵן. —3) to cut all around, esp. (with ref. to Lev. XIX, 27) to cut around the corners of the hair of the head. Naz. 57ᵇ אחד המַקִּיף ואחד הנִיקָּף he who cuts and he whose hair is cut are alike guilty; a. fr. —4) to sell on terms (v. תְּקוּפָה), to lend. Ab. III, 16 החנוני מַקִּיף the shopkeeper allows credit (the Lord is long-suffering). B. Kam. 79ᵃ top גנב וה׳ if he stole an animal and sold it on credit (and has received no pay); a. fr.—Kidd. 40ᵃ אין מַקִּיפִין וכ׳ no loan on time is granted (no chance for repentance is allowed), when the Name of the Lord is profaned; (oth. interpret., v. נָקַף I).
Hof. - הוּקָּף to be surrounded. Arakh. 33ᵇ; Meg. 3ᵇ שה׳ ולבסוף וכ׳ it was surrounded (a fort was built) and then settled; a. fr.—Part. מוּקָּף; f. מוּקֶּפֶת; pl. מוּקָּפִין; מוּקָּפוֹת. Ib. I, 1 המ׳ חומה וכ׳ fortified since the days of Joshua. Ib. 2ᵇ. Ib. 4ᵇ. Gen. R. s. 39, v. פָּתִיל; a. fr.—Mekh. B’shall., s. 1 מוקפות semicircular