כָּפַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3717

double — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

double tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּפַל: vb. double, double over tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. double, double over (late) (NH id.; Aramaic כְּפַל; 𝔗 כִּיפְלָא, כּוּפְלָה, Nab. כפל EutNab. No. 20, 7 the double; Christ.-Pal.-Aramaic ܟܦܠ, SchwallyIdiot. 46; NSyr. id.; Arabic كِفْلٌ the double, كَفَلٌ posteriors, buttocks; Ethiopic ከፈለ is divide, ክፍል a part)— Pf. 2 ms. וְכָפַלְתָּ֫ Ex 26:9 and thou shalt double over the sixth curtain, i.e. prob. use it double (Di); Pt. pass. כָּפוּל folded double, of the breast-piece (חֹשֶׁן) Ex 28:16; 39:9(×2). Impf. 3 fs. וְתִכָּפֵל Ez 21:19 and let the sword be doubled, but very dub.; Co reads plausibly תְּשַׁכֵּל let the sword bereave (cf. VB).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: folded double (3); let it be doubled (1); you will fold double (1).

In the verses

Exodus 28:16 · tree →

רָב֥וּעַ יִֽהְיֶ֖ה כָּפ֑וּל זֶ֥רֶת אָרְכּ֖וֹ וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: square it.will.be folded.double [will.be].a.span length its and [will.be].a.span breadth its

JPS 1917: Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

Exodus 39:9 · tree →

רָב֧וּעַ הָיָ֛ה כָּפ֖וּל עָשׂ֣וּ אֶת־הַחֹ֑שֶׁן זֶ֧רֶת אָרְכּ֛וֹ וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּ֖וֹ כָּפֽוּל׃

Word for word: square it.was folded.double they.made (et) the breastpiece [was].a.span length its and.[was] a.span breadth its folded.double

JPS 1917: It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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