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title: קָפָא — thicken · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָפָא (7087), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: thicken. BDB 1906: vb. thicken, condense, congeal Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָפָא

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«קָפָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thicken** — 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:** 7087 · **BDB:** קָפָא

### Glosses

are\].thickening (1); did (1); they.congealed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thicken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7087/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. thicken, condense, congeal Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7087/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. thicken, condense, congeal (cf. Syriac ܩܦܳܐ heap up, collect);— Pf. 3 pl. קָֽפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת Ex 15:8 (song) the deeps were condensed, became firm walls; Impf. יקפאון Zc 14:6 Kt (i.e. יִקְפָּא֑וּן \[poss. is also יִקָּפֵא֑וּן Niph.\]) Thes al. glorious(?) ones \[stars\] shall contract (dwindle), but read Qr וְקִפָּאוֹן v. foll. Pt. הַקֹּפְאִים עַל־שִׁמְרֵיהֶם Zp 1:12 the men who are thickening on their lees (easy-going men, under figure of undisturbed wine). Impf. 2 ms. sf. תַּקְפִּיאֵנִי Jb 10:10 didst thou not curdle me like cheese (of formation of foetus)?

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָפָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7087/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.10/)

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הֲלֹ֣א כֶ֭חָלָב תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי וְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗ה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* ? not like (the) milk did you.pour.me.out and like (the) cheese did you.curdle.me?

*JPS 1917:* Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

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[Exodus 15:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.8/)

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וּבְר֤וּחַ אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ נֶ֣עֶרְמוּ מַ֔יִם נִצְּב֥וּ כְמוֹ־נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים קָֽפְא֥וּ תְהֹמֹ֖ת בְּלֶב־יָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and by the.breath your.nostrils your they.were.piled.up \[the\].waters they.stood.up like a.heap streams they.congealed the.deeps in.\[the\] heart of.\[the\].sea

*JPS 1917:* And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up — the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

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