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title: כִּפָּה — branch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּפָּה (3712), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: branch. BDB 1906: n.f. branch, frond. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּפָּה

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«כִּפָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **branch** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 3712 · **BDB:** כִּפָּה²

### Glosses

palm.branch (2); his.palm (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

branch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3712/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. branch, frond [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3712/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. branch, frond (prob. of palm-tree, cf. כַּף 4 d);—כ׳ Is 9:13; 19:15 fig. of nobles, rulers (both opp. אַגְמוֹן rush, i.e. high and low; ‖ רֹאשׁ וְזָנָב); c. sf. כִּפָּתוֹ Jb 15:32 (of wicked under fig. of palm-tree).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּפָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3712/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.32/)

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בְּֽלֹא־י֭וֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃

*Word for word:* on not day his it.will.be.completed and his.palm branch not it.will.grow.luxuriant

*JPS 1917:* It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.

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[Isaiah 9:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.13/)

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וַיַּכְרֵ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל רֹ֧אשׁ וְזָנָ֛ב כִּפָּ֥ה וְאַגְמ֖וֹן י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.cut.off Yahweh from Israel head and tail palm.branch and bulrush day one

*JPS 1917:* Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

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