תָּכַף (v. כפף) 1) to seize, join, bring into close contact. Kil. IX, 10 התּוֹכֵף וכ׳, v. תְּכִיפָה. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ bot. מי שהוא תוכף סמיכה וכ׳ he that performs the acts of putting on the hand and of slaughtering in immediate succession (usu. סָמַךְ). —2) to seize, catch, overtake. Taan. 13ᵇ תְּכָפוּהוּ אבליו וכ׳, v. אֵבֶל; M. Kat. 17ᵇ; a. e.
Hif. - הִתְכִּיף same, to join. Gen. R. s. 67 (ref. to Is. LXIII, 16) and where is Isaac? מי … את מַתְכִּיפוֹ לאבות he who said to him (Esau), decree persecutions over him,—wouldst thou join him to (include him with) the patriarchs?