שָׁקַף I (b. h.; Shaf. of קף, cmp. כפף) to bend, arch.—Denom. שְׁקוֹף, מַשְׁקוֹף.
Nif. - נִשְׁקַף [to be bent towards,] to look out; to face, be seen. Y. M. Kat. III, beg. 81ᶜ (in a riddle) משמים נִשְׁקָפָה she (the soul?) looks down from heaven. Num. R. s. 1926 (ref. to Num. XXI, 20) העומד … והוא הבאר הנִשְׁקָף וכ׳ he that stands on the face (plateau) of Jeshimon sees something in the sea (of Tiberias) …, and this is the well (of Miriam) which is seen from Jeshimon; (v. Lev. R. s. 22; Koh. R. to V, 8; Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot.).
Hif. - הִשְׁקִיף 1) to look, contemplate. Ber. 29ᵃ top ה׳ בה שתים וכ׳ he thought over it (trying to recall it) two or three minutes. —2) (denom. of שְׁקוֹף) to arch, curve, diminish the width of. Gen. R. s. 31 והיה מַשְׁקִיף בה ועולה וכ׳ and he curved it (the wall of the ark) as he went up &c., v. קַמְרוֹטוֹן; Yalk. ib. 54.