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title: כֶּפֶל — the double · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֶּפֶל (3718), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: the double. BDB 1906: the double. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֶּפֶל

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«כֶּפֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3718 · **BDB:** כֶּ֫פֶל

### Glosses

double (2); the.doubling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the double [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3718/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

the double [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3718/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] the double:—כ׳ cstr.: בְּכ׳ רִסְנוֹ Jb 41:5 within the double of his jaw (i.e. his double jaws) who can come? elsewhere du. כִּפְלַיִם (cf. Arabic كِفْلَانِ), לְתוּשִׁיָּה 11:6 double in sound wisdom (beyond what Job imagines), of retribution Is 40:2.

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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 (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 «כֶּפֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3718/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.5/)

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מִֽי־גִ֭לָּה פְּנֵ֣י לְבוּשׁ֑וֹ בְּכֶ֥פֶל רִ֝סְנ֗וֹ מִ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* who? has.he.uncovered the.surface its.clothing his in the.doubling its.halter his who? will.he.come

*JPS 1917:* Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?

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[Job 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.6/)

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וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ֨ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹת חָכְמָה֮ כִּֽי־כִפְלַ֪יִם לְֽת֫וּשִׁיָּ֥ה וְדַ֡ע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁ֥ה לְךָ֥ אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and may.he.tell to you \[the\].secrets of.wisdom (dm) double \[belongs\].to sound.wisdom and know (dm).that he.will.cause.to.forget to you God some of your.iniquity

*JPS 1917:* And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

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