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title: כָּפַל — double · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּפַל (3717), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: double. BDB 1906: vb. double, double over. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּפַל

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«כָּפַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **double** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 3717 · **BDB:** כָּפַל

### Glosses

folded.double (3); let.it.be.doubled (1); you.will.fold.double (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

double [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3717/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. double, double over [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3717/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּפַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3717/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.16/)

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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.

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[Exodus 39:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.9/)

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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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