כפתור
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Hebrew
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כ־פ־ת־ר (k-p-t-r) |
Noun
[edit]כַּפְתּוֹר • (kaftór) m
- Button: fastener, as for clothes.
- Button: mechanical device pushed by a finger.
- (Biblical Hebrew) bulb, knop, calyx (architectural term)
- Tanach, Exodus 25:31, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְעָשִׂיתָ מְנֹרַת זָהָב טָהוֹר מִקְשָׁה תֵּעָשֶׂה הַמְּנוֹרָה יְרֵכָהּ וְקָנָהּ גְּבִיעֶיהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיוּ׃
- v-asíta m'norát zaháv tahór miqshá te'asé ha-m'norá y'rekháh v-qanáh g'vi'éha kaftoréha u-fraḥéha mimménah yihyú.
- And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
Declension
[edit]Declension of כַּפְתּוֹר
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
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singular | indefinite | כַּפְתּוֹר | first | כַּפְתּוֹרִי | כַּפְתּוֹרֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַכַּפְתּוֹר | second | כַּפְתּוֹרְךָ | כַּפְתּוֹרֵךְ | כַּפְתּוֹרְכֶם | כַּפְתּוֹרְכֶן | |
construct | כַּפְתּוֹר־ | third | כַּפְתּוֹרוֹ | כַּפְתּוֹרָהּ | כַּפְתּוֹרָם | כַּפְתּוֹרָן | |
plural | indefinite | כַּפְתּוֹרִים | first | כפתוריי / כַּפְתּוֹרַי | כַּפְתּוֹרֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַכַּפְתּוֹרִים | second | כַּפְתּוֹרֶיךָ | כפתורייך / כַּפְתּוֹרַיִךְ | כַּפְתּוֹרֵיכֶם | כַּפְתּוֹרֵיכֶן | |
construct | כַּפְתּוֹרֵי־ | third | כַּפְתּוֹרָיו | כַּפְתּוֹרֶיהָ | כַּפְתּוֹרֵיהֶם | כַּפְתּוֹרֵיהֶן |
Proper noun
[edit]כַּפְתּוֹר • (kaftór) m
- (Biblical Hebrew) Caphtor, Crete, the homeland of the Philistines
- Tanach, Amos 9:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- הֲלוֹא כִבְנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים אַתֶּם לִי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהוָה הֲלוֹא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶעֱלֵיתִי מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּים מִכַּפְתּוֹר וַאֲרָם מִקִּיר׃
- ha-ló khi-vnéi khushiyím atém li b'néy Yisraél n'úm Adonái ha-ló he'eléti me-érets Mitsráyim u-flishtiyím mi-kaftór va-arám mi-qir
- Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor, And Aram from Kir?
References
[edit]- “כפתור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]כפתור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Caphtor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia