מכ׳ הצאן the flock is gathered again. Neg. IV, 3 במ׳ when
the hairs on the leprous spot are close together, opp.מפוזר;
a. fr.
Hif. הכניס to bring in, to lay in, store up; to introdluce,
pass; to initiate. Lev. R. s. 9 לביתו הכניסו he invited him
to his house. Ex. R. s. 20 וכ׳ מכניסן אני אם if I lead them
now into the land. Ib. וכ׳ יינו ה׳ he stored his wine in
the cellar. Men. 97a וכ׳ קנה ומכניס and passes a ube under
it. Sabb. 118b וכ׳ ידו ה׳ put his hand under his belt. Ib.
שבת מכניסי who usher the Sabbath in (with prayer). Ib.
p7בb וכ׳ בבריתו להכניסו to initiate him into the covenant
&c. (v. supra). Y. Yeb. I, 3a bot. וכ׳ ראשי מכניסין אתם הרי
you want me to put my head between two great mount-
ains. Mekh. B'shall., Shir., s. 6 מכניס ולא מוציא לא neither
lets escape nor receives, v. נוד; a. fr.
Hithpa. התכנס, Nithpa. נתכנס 1) to assemble, meet, be
reunited. Taan. 27b לבהכ מתכנסין meet at the synagogue.
Gen. R. s. 39, a. e. וכ׳ כל מתכנסין אם if all human beings
were to join for creating &c.; Cant. R. to I, 3 מתכנשין.
Mekh. B'shall. s. 6 וכ׳ מתכנסות הגליות אין he diaspora.
will be reunited only as a reward for faith; a. fr. -Gen.
R. s. 12, beg. ויוצאין מתכנסין; (Koh. R. to II, 12 נכנסין)
they go in and out. -- 2) to gather, become closer (v. supra).
Neg. I, 6 נתכנסה the sore gathered.
כנס ch. same, 1) to gather, receive. Targ. Ps. XLI, 7 Ms. (ed. כנף, h. text קבן). Targ. Esth. IV, 16 (Targ. II Esth. ib. כנוש). Targ. Y. Gen. XVIII, 3 וכ׳ איכנוס Ishall receive the passers-by. -- V. כנש. -- 2) to marry. Y. Erub. III, 21b top פלן ליום ומיכנסניך and to marry thee before such a. date; Y. Gitt. VII, end, 49a ומנכסיך (corr. acc.). Ib. ולא כנסתיך and I shall not have married thee. Y. Keth. I, beg. 24d וכ׳ דכנסין אילין those who marry widows; a. fr. -- 3) to enter. Y. Snh. VI, 23c bot. דכ׳ כיון when he had entered; a. e. -- [Targ. Esth. II, 21; IV, 17, v. בנס.] Pa. כנס to gather, heap. Targ. Ps. XXXIII, 7 Ms. (ed. מכניס Af.). Ib. CXLVII, 2 (Ms. Pe.). Ithpe. אתכנס to be gathered, to assemble. Targ. I Chr. XI, 1 (ed. Lag. a. Rahmer אתכניש׳). Targ. Ps. XILVII, 10 Ms. (ed. אתכנש׳).
כנסא, Targ. Job XVI, 10 Ms., v. בנסא.
כנסה, v. כניסה end.
כנסיה f. (preced. wds.) gathering, union. Ab. IV, 11 וכ׳ כ׳ כל every union for a sacred purpose. Ex. R. s. 21; Midr. Till.to Ps. XIX; ib.to Ps. LXXXVIII, end האחרונה כ׳ the latest gathering (for prayers); Yalk. ib. 840 כנסת; a. e. -- [Num. R. s. 1 כ׳ בונה אני, read; אכסניא, v. Tanh. B'midb. 2.)-- Pl. כנסיות, v. next w.
כנסת . (preced.) 1) gathering, storage. Y. B. Bath. IV, 14c bbot. עצים של הכ׳ בית a store-house for wood (=אוצר). -- 2) assembly, community, congregation, esp. ccongregation of worshippers. Ex. R. s. 21 (interch. with preced. w.); Yalk. Ps. 840, v. preced. -הכ׳־ בית (abbr. בה״כ) synag~gie. Ber. 6a. Meg. III, 1(25b); a. fr. -- Sot. VII, 7 הכ׳ חזן the sexton of the synagogue within the Temple precincts; Succ. 51b of the synagogue of Alexandria, v. הו; a. fr. -- ישראל כ׳ (abbrev. כ״י) the congregation of Israel, the cclesia, (often personitied as a woman betrothed to the Lord). Cant. R. to I, 4; a. fr. --הגדולה־ כ׳ (abbr. כה״ג) the Great Assembly, Ecclesia or Nynagoga Hagna, a supreme authority established under Ezra and Nehemiah. Ab. I, I, a. fr. הג׳ כ׳ אנשי the men of the original Great Synag- ogue. Ib. 2 כה״ג שירי the last members of the Great Syn- agogue. -- Pl. כנסיות, כניס׳. Lam. R. introd. (R. Yitsh. 3) כנסיותין בני his fellow-members iin the royal council;(Yalk. Is. 318 המלך בני). -כ׳־ בתי synagogues. Meg. 6a. Y. ib. III, beg. 73d וכ׳ כ׳ ב׳ . . . ארבע there were four hundred and eighty synagogues in Jerusalem, and each had a school &c. Hull. 51a כ׳ מפטיר janitor at meetings of scholars in college. Pes. 49b כ׳ ראשי chiefs of congregations or syn- agogues.
כנע (b. h. כנע) to press, oppress. - Part. pass. כניע, pl. כניעין dlepressed, mournful. Y. Ter. XI, end, 48b דאינון ע״י כ׳ because they are low-spirited. Ithpa. אתכנע, thpe. איכנע to lower one's self, be humble. Targ. Y. Gen. XVI, 9 (h. text התעני). Targ. I Kings XXI, 29. Targ. Is. XLI, 11 (h. text יכלמו); a. fr. -- Targ. Ez. XXIX, 7 באתכנעותהון Var., v. כני ch. -- Y. Taan. III, 66c bot. מתכנעין they humble themselves (in penitence). -- Esp. to bow to a superior, to salute. Gen. R. s. 33 מיניה א׳ ולא and he did not salute him. M. Kat. 16b מקמיה איכנעא ולא and she did not bow to him; a. e.
כנעה, Y. Ned. III, 37d bot., read; ננעה.
כנען (b. h.) pr. n. Canaan, 1) son of Ham. Gen. R. s. 36 וכ׳ וכ׳ חטא חם Ham sinned and C. was cursed?; Tanh. Noah 15; a. e. -- 2) the land of Canaan. R. Hash. 3a מלכותו שם על כ׳ (Sihon is named) C. from his kingdom; a. fr.
כנענאה m. ch. =next w. Targ. O. Gen. XII, 6. - Pl. כנענאין, כנענאי. Targ. Y. ib. Targ. Gen. X, 18; a. fr.
כנעני m. (b. h.) 1) Canaanite. Tosef. B. Kam. VIII, 19. Mekh. Mishp., Nzikin, s. 7 (ref. to Ex. XXI, 26) וכ׳ בכ׳ the text speaks of a Canaanite slave, opp. to עברי עבד. Kidd. I, 3 וכ׳ נקנה כ׳ עבד a Canaanite slave is taken posses- sion of &c.; a. fr. -- Pl. כנענים. Tosef. B. Kam. IX, 10. Mekh. l. c. s. 3 וכ׳ שהכ׳ כדרך as the Canaanite slaves go free. Sot. 35b שבח״ל כ׳ Canaanites outside of Palestine. -- 2) Phe. nician, merchant. Sifre Deut. 300; Yalk. ib. 942 (ref. to יערף, Deut. XXXII, 2) וכ׳ כ׳ לשון it is a merchant's ex- pression, f. i., a man says not to his neighbor, 'change for me &c..' but 'break &c.' (ערוף).
כנה (b. h.) to bend; to cover. Nif. נכנף to be covered, hidden. Pesik. Zachor, p. 29a, a. e., v. mכנ.
kכנה I ch. same, to press, crowd; to gather. Targ. Ps. XLI, 7(v. כנס). -Taan. 23b הדדי גבי ליכנוף ניתי Ms.M. (ed. הדדי ניכניף) let us go and crowd together (for prayer). Ab. Zar. 19b וכ׳ ואתי כנוף all the world crowded about him. -- Part. pass. כניף. Snh. 29b ויתבי כניפי if they (be- fore whom he made the admission, v. אודיתא) were as- sembled (for some other business), opp. to איהו כנפינהו if he himself called tham to a meeting.
