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title: כָּפַף — bend · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּפַף (3721), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: bend. BDB 1906: vb. bend, bend down, be bent, bowed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּפַף

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«כָּפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bend** — 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:** 3721 · **BDB:** כָּפַף

### Glosses

\[those.who.are\].bowed.down (1); down? (1); it.bowed.down (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3721/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bend, bend down, be bent, bowed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3721/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bend, bend down, be bent, bowed (NH bend, overturn, Assyrian kapâpu, bend, bow, DlHWB 347; Arabic كَفَّ fell a seam, also turn back, avert, كُفَّةٌ selvage, كِفَافٌ circuit, rim; Aramaic כְּפַף, ܟܰܦ bend, curve; Palm. כפתא niche, from כפף curve according to VogNo. 70, p. 50);— Pf. כ׳ נַפְשִׁי ψ 57:7 my soul is bowed down; Inf. cstr. (trans.) לָכֹף כְּאַגְמֹן רֹאשׁוֹ Is 58:5 to bend down, like a rush, his head. Pt. pass. (הַ)כְּפוּפִים those bowed down, in distress, humiliation, etc., ψ 145:14; 146:8. Impf. 1 s. אִכַּף לֵאלֹהֵי מָרוֹם Mi 6:6 with what shall I bow myself (in worship) toward the high God?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּפַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3721/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 146:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.146.8/)

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יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ עִוְרִ֗ים יְ֭הוָה זֹקֵ֣ף כְּפוּפִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה אֹהֵ֥ב צַדִּיקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].opening blind.\[people\] Yahweh \[is\].raising.up \[those.who.are\].bowed.down Yahweh \[is\].loving righteous.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous;

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[Psalms 145:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.14/)

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סוֹמֵ֣ךְ יְ֭הוָה לְכָל־הַנֹּפְלִ֑ים וְ֝זוֹקֵ֗ף לְכָל־הַכְּפוּפִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].sustaining Yahweh (to) all \[those who\].fall and \[he.is\].raising.up (to) all \[those who.are\].bowed.down

*JPS 1917:* The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that are bowed down.

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