תְּפַס, תְּפַשׂ ch. same , to seize, catch. Targ. Ps. X, 9. Targ. II Esth. III, 8; a. e.—Keth. 84ᵇ קריביה … תָּפוּס פרה וכ׳ relatives of R. J. seized a cow that belonged to heirs, out of an alley; שפיר תְּפַסְתּוּהָ you have seized her legally; ib. תַּפְסִיתוּהָ. Ib. ההוא … דתַפְסֵי תורא מיניה there was a cowherd for heirs (minors) from whom they (creditors) seized an ox; מחיים תְּפִיסְנָא ליה I took it when the father was yet living; a. fr.—Part. pass. תָּפִיס holding. B. Mets. 102ᵇ משום דת׳ because he is in possession; הכא נמי קא ת׳ here, too, he is in possession; a. e.
Af. - אַתְפֵּיס to cause to seize, to deposit with (as security). B. Bath. 174ᵃ אַתְפְּסֵיה (not אתפסוה); ib.ᵇ דאתפסיה (not דאתפסה); Keth. 107ᵃ דאַתְפְּסָהּ צררי, v. צְרָרָא I.
Ithpa. - אִיתַּפֵּס, אִיתַּפֵּשׂ ; Ithpe. אִתְּפִיס, אִתְּפִישׁ 1) to be seized, arrested. Targ. Koh. XI, 4 (ed. Vien. מִתְפַּס).—Tem. 26ᵇ למימרא דתחת לישנא דאִיתַּפּוּסֵי הוא shall we say that taḥath has the meaning of being arrested, i.e. if you say, this animal shall be taḥath (in the place of) that animal, it becomes consecrated according to the law of exchange (תְּמוּרָה)? Ib. תחת … לישנא דאתפוסי ולישנא דאחולי taḥath appears in the sense of being arrested and in the sense of redeeming; לישנא דאיתפוסי דכתיב וכ׳ in the sense of being arrested, as we read (Lev. XIII, 23) &c. Ib. 27ᵃ; a. e. —2) to be deposited. Keth. 107ᵇ לא מִתְּפִיס, v. צְרָרָא I. —3) to hold one’s self, cling to. Ned. 11ᵇ בהיתירא קא מתפיס he clings to the idea of permission, i.e. by saying, ‘this thing be unto me like flesh of a peace-offering after the blood has been sprinkled’, he proves that he means to emphasize the permission to enjoy the thing; אלא כגון … בעיקרו קא מתפיס ות׳ but in a case like this, when he puts down flesh of a peace-offering, and places some permitted food beside it, and says, ‘this be like this’: does he mean to refer to the original condition of the peace-offering &c.? (v. צִנְנָא). Ib. 12ᵃ בקרבן קא תפיס he refers to the sacred character of a sacrifice; כמתפיס בדבר האסור as if referring to something ritually forbidden (not to something made forbidden by consecration or vow). Ib. בעיקר קא מתפיס he refers to the original day (of his father’s death). Naz. 22ᵇ, v. צִנְנָא. Ib. 21ᵃ חד בחבריה מתפיס (in saying, ‘and I’) each refers to him that spoke immediately before him; בקמא מִיתַּפְּסֵי they all refer to the first person; a. e.