כָּפִין, (כְּפַן) hungry, starving. Targ. Ps. CVII, 9; a. e.—V. כְּפַן I.—Meg. 7ᵇ (prov.) כ׳ עניא ולא ידע the poor man is hungry and knows it not (until food is placed before him). Koh. R. to V, 12 ‘an evil disease’ מסכן ותשיש ערטיל וכ׳ one poor and feeble (unable to work), naked (unfit to go out) and hungry (v. דגלוס).—Ber. 58ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. כְּפִינִין, כְּפִינֵי. Targ. Job V, 5. Targ. Ps. CVII, 5. Ib. 36 כפינין Ms. (ed. Lag. כפינים, oth. כָּפְנִים!)