Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
ק־פ־א (q-p-ʾ)

Action noun of the verb הקפיא (hikpí).

Noun edit

הַקְפָּאָה (hakpa'áf (plural indefinite הקפאות, singular construct הקפאת־, plural construct הקפאות־) [pattern: הַקְטָלָה]

  1. A freeze, a freezing: the act of freezing something.
  2. (by extension) A freeze, a freezing, a halt, a moratorium.
    הקפאת בנייהhakpa'át-b'niyá — a building freeze, a freeze on construction, a settlement freeze