כַּף 192 noun feminine 1 Kings 8:54 hollow, or
flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot,
pan (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
id.,
Assyrian
kappu,
hand, pan, kippatu, hollow; Arabic
palm, hand) — absolute
כ׳ Job 29:9 +, so read probably also
Ezekiel 29:7b for MT
כָּתֵף (
Sm Co, compare
Ezekiel 29:7a);
כָּ֑ף 2 Kings 11:12 +; more often construct
כַּף Genesis 40:11 +; suffix
כַּפִּי Judges 12:3,
כַּפְּךָ Job 13:31, etc.; in
Ezekiel 29:7 read
כַּף Qr for
כפך Kt (so Ew Hi Sm Co Da); dual
כַּפַּיִס Isaiah 49:16 +; construct
כַּפֵּי Exodus 29:24 (twice in verse) +
3 times; suffix
כַּפַּי Genesis 20:5 +,
כַּפָּיו Numbers 24:10 +,
כַּפֵּיהֶס Isaiah 59:6 +
2 times,
כַּפֵּימוֹ Job 27:23, etc.; plural
כַּפּוֹת (especially of
soles, and in metaphor senses) absolute
Numbers 4:7 +; construct
2 Kings 9:35 +, suffix
כַּפֹתָיו Exodus 25:29;
Exodus 37:16; —
1.
a. of human beings,
hollow or
flat of hand, palm, (approximately +
116 times)
2 Kings 4:34 (twice in verse);
נָתַן אֵת הַכּוס עַלכּכַּף פ׳ Genesis 40:11,
21 (E),
set the cup upon the palm of Pharaoh (compare
Genesis 40:11a בְּיָדִי פַּרְעֹה וְכוֹס), similarly
Leviticus 8:27 (twice in verse) (P) +;
עַל־כַּפּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הַשֶּׁמֶן Leviticus 14:16,
17,
18,
27,
28; as distinguished from wrist and arm,
Deuteronomy 25:12; rarely with
ידים (always
כַּכּוֺת),
ידיו כַּפּוֹת שְׁתֵּי1 Samuel 5:4 (of Dagon),
הַיָּדַיִם כ׳ 2 Kings 9:35, compare
Daniel 10:10;
כַּף הַשְּׂמָאלִית Leviticus 14:15,
26; note especially
קֶמַח מְלֹא כ׳ 1 Kings 17:12 a handful of meal (literally
palmful), compare
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (where distinguished from
מלא חָפְנַיִם a double fistful; in both these passages of a very small quantity); compare
מִן כַּפּוֹ וַיְמַלֵּא Leviticus 9:17 (reference to
מְלֹא קֻמְצוֺ Leviticus 2:2;
Leviticus 5:12; compare
Leviticus 6:8). In
Exodus 4:4 (JE),
Proverbs 31:19;
Ezekiel 21:16;
Psalm 129:7, etc., the thought is that of grasping.
b. anthropomorph. of
י׳ covering Moses over with his palm,
עָלֶיך כַפִּי וְשַׂכֹּתִי Exodus 33:22 (J), and so figurative (with
שׁית)
Psalm 139:5; withdrawing
)הֵסִירׅ his hand
Exodus 33:23 (J); removing
)הִרְהִּיק ׅ his afficting hand
Job 13:21;
אוֺר כִּסָּה עַל־כַּפַּיִס Job 36:32, i.e. he (God) hath filled his palms with light.
c. once of animals,
עַל־כַּפָּיו הוֹלֵךְ Leviticus 11:27 going upon their palms, i.e. paws (cats, dogs, etc.).
d. phrases are: —
†(1) (
הִכָּה כַּף =
clap the hands, in applause
2 Kings 11:12 so
תָּקַע כ׳ Psalm 47:2,
מָחָא כ׳ Isaiah 55:12 (figurative of trees),
Psalm 98:8 (figurative of rivers); but especially in scorn, contempt, etc.,
אֶת־כַּפָּיו סָפַק Numbers 24:10 (J),
כַפֵּ֑ימוֹ עָלֵימוֺ יִשְׂפֹּק Job 27:23; so
תָּקַע כַּף עלֿ Nahum 3:19,
אֶל־ כַפִּי הִכָּה Ezekiel 22:13 (of
י׳); absolute,
הִכָּה בְכַפְּךָ Ezekiel 6:11 (as
מחא יד Ezekiel 25:6),
הִכָּה כַּף אֶלכַּֿף Ezekiel 21:19,
אֶל־כַּפִּי כַפִּי אַכֶּה Ezekiel 21:22 (of
י׳).
†(3) of
hand-grasp as pledge
תָּקַעְתָּ כַּפֶּיךָ לַזָּר Proverbs 6:1 (
if)
thou hast smitten thy palms (given a double hand-grasp),
for another (so De; ||
עָרַבְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ); so absolute
תקע כף Proverbs 17:18;
Proverbs 22:26 (compare
תקע ליד Job 17:3).
†(5) שׂים כַּף לְפֶה, in respectful silence,
Job 29:9.
†3. כַּף רַגְלָהּ, etc., =
sole of foot,
Genesis 8:9 (J),
Joshua 3:13;
Joshua 4:18 (both J E),
1 Kings 5:17;
2 Kings 19:24 =
Isaiah 37:25;
Deuteronomy 11:24;
Deuteronomy 28:56,
65;
Joshua 1:3 (D)
Ezekiel 43:7; Malachi 3:21;
קָדְקֳדוֺמִכַּף רַגְלוֺ וְעַד 2 Samuel 14:25;
Job 2:7, compare
Isaiah 1:6 (figurative);
ר׳ מִדְרַךְ כ׳ Deuteronomy 2:5 treading-place for the sole of a foot; of the cherubim
Ezekiel 1:7, of a calf, (in simile)
Ezekiel 1:7., (according to MT; compare however Co).
4. of various hollow, bending or bent objects: —
†a. hollow (i.e. socket),
of the thigh-joint,
יָרֵךְ כ׳ Genesis 32:26 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:33 (twice in verse).
†d. תְּמָרִיס כַּפּוֹת Leviticus 23:40 —
hand-shaped branches (or
fronds)
of palm-trees.
e. הַמַּנְעוּל כַּפּוֹת Songs 5:5 the (bent)
handles of the bolt.
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