קָפַץ (qāpaṣ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning draw together. It appears
7 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7092).
Also rendered
to gather
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2051)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2051)draw together, shut; they drew themselves together; springing, upon the hills; draw, leap, contracting, die, gathering; skip, stop, take out of the way
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קָפַץverb: draw together, shut
Qalshut
Niphalthey drew themselves together, of contraction in death
Pielspringing (i.e. making repeated contractions of body, in taking leaps) upon the hills
Strong's H7092קָפַץ: to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet) KJV:shut (up), skip, stop, take out of the way.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.