כפה

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See also: כ־ פה

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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כִּפָּה (kipáf

  1. defective spelling of כיפה

Etymology 2

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Root
כ־פ־ה (k-p-h)

Verb

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כָּפָה (kafá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. (transitive) (He/it) overturned
  2. (transitive) (He/it) coerced, forced
    • a. 1200, Maimonides, משנה תורה,‎ הלכות עבדים‎ 8:17:
      עבד שהשיאו רבו בת חורין או שהניח לו רבו תפילין בראשו [] יצא לחירות וכופין את רבו לכתוב לו גט שיחרור
      A slave to whom his master married a freewoman, or on whose head his master placed phylacteries, [] goes to freedom, and we force his master to write him a document of emancipation.
    • a. 1200, Maimonides, משנה תורה,‎ הלכות עבדים‎ 8:17:
      שכיון שלא כפה אותו במקום שיש לו לכפותו
      for, since he did not force him in a circumstance in which he should force him
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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כַּפָּהּ (kapáh)

  1. singular form of כף (kaf) with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor

Etymology 4

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Root
כ־ו־ף (k-w-p)

Verb

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כָּפָה (káfa (past tense), kafá (present tense))

  1. Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of כף (kaf).
  2. Feminine singular present participle and present tense of כף (kaf).

Anagrams

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