כַּפְלָא (or כִּ׳) m. (preced. wds.) 1) curve, winding road. Targ. Is. XL, 4 (h. text עָקֹב). Ib. XLII, 16 (h. text מעקשים). —2) (cmp. כֶּסֶל) groin, loin. Targ. Job XV, 27.—Ḥull. 93ᵃ חמשא … ביה בכ׳ (Ar. בהו בכַפְלֵי) there are five veins (of forbidden fat) in the loin.—Pl. כַּפְלֵי. Targ. Y. Lev. III, 4 (ed. pr. כָּ׳); a. e.—Targ. Ps. XXXVIII, 8, v. כִּסְלָא.—Ḥull. 8ᵇ. Ib. 93ᵃ; a. e. —3) = h. כֶּפֶל, v. כְּפֵילָא