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title: כַּפְתֹּרִי — Cretans · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּפְתֹּרִי (3732), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Cretans. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Cretans. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּפְתֹּרִי

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«כַּפְתֹּרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Cretans** — 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:** 3732 · **BDB:** כַּפְתֹּרִי

### Glosses

\[the\].Caphtorites (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Cretans [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3732/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Cretans [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3732/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent., only pl. as subst. כַּפְתֹּרִים Cretans; Gn 10:14 (J) = 1 Ch 1:12; as expellers of the ‘Awwim’ from their homes about Gaza, Dt 2:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּפְתֹּרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3732/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.14/)

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וְֽאֶת־פַּתְרֻסִ֞ים וְאֶת־כַּסְלֻחִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֥וּ מִשָּׁ֛ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וְאֶת־כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and (et) \[the\].Pathrusites and (et) \[the\].Casluhites where they.came.out from there \[the\].Philistines and (et) \[the\].Caphtorites

*JPS 1917:* and Pathrusim, and Casluhim — whence went forth the Philistines — and Caphtorim.

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[1 Chronicles 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.12/)

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וְֽאֶת־פַּתְרֻסִ֞ים וְאֶת־כַּסְלֻחִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֥וּ מִשָּׁ֛ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וְאֶת־כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and (et) \[the\].Pathrusites and (et) \[the\].Casluhites where they.came.forth from there \[the\].Philistines and (et) \[the\].Caphtorites

*JPS 1917:* and Pathrusim, and Casluhim — from whence came the Philistines — and Caphtorim.

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