Hebrew

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Root
כ־פ־ת־ר (k-p-t-r)

Noun

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כַּפְתּוֹר (kaftórm

  1. Button: fastener, as for clothes.
  2. Button: mechanical device pushed by a finger.
  3. (Biblical Hebrew) bulb, knop, calyx (architectural term)
    • Tanach, Exodus 25:31, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְעָשִׂיתָ מְנֹרַת זָהָב טָהוֹר מִקְשָׁה תֵּעָשֶׂה הַמְּנוֹרָה יְרֵכָהּ וְקָנָהּ גְּבִיעֶיהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיוּ׃
      v-asíta m'norát zaháv tahór miqshá te'asé ha-m'norá y'rekháh v-qanáh g'vi'éha kaftoréha u-fraḥéha mimménah yihyú.
      And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

Declension

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Proper noun

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כַּפְתּוֹר (kaftórm

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) Caphtor, Crete, the homeland of the Philistines
    • Tanach, Amos 9:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      הֲלוֹא כִבְנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים אַתֶּם לִי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהוָה הֲלוֹא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶעֱלֵיתִי מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּים מִכַּפְתּוֹר וַאֲרָם מִקִּיר׃
      ha-ló khi-vnéi khushiyím atém li b'néy Yisraél n'úm Adonái ha-ló he'eléti me-érets Mitsráyim u-flishtiyím mi-kaftór va-arám mi-qir
      Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor, And Aram from Kir?

References

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  • כפתור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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