*kp: 'to bend, curve; to encircle'
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PS *kp 'to bend; to encircle' (Kogan 2015: 443 apud SEDonline 863). Hbr. kippā is post-Biblical. HALOT 492 compares Akk. kepû 'to bend' and Syr., Mnd. 'to bend, overturn' with Hbr. kph 'to subdue, avert (anger)'.
Updated 25 October 2026