kaph

«kaph» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which has two… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which has two sounds, hard as "k" and soft as "kh". tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah Kaph is one of the seven "double" letters, each of which has a hard and a soft sound. Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah links the seven double letters with the seven planets, the seven days, and the seven openings of the head. Tradition ties Kaph to the quality of life or its opposite, depending on the sound.

examples

• The Seven Double Letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with theui. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The Seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pé, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• There were formed seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Tau, each has two voices, either aspirated or softened. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kaph» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.