כְּפוֹר

«כְּפוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: hoar frost — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: lemma:כְּפוֹר · BDB: כְּפוֹר²

Glosses

hoar-frost (3)

Meaning (OSHB)

hoar frost tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. hoar frost tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. hoar frost (NH id.)—כ׳ ψ 147:16; כְּפֹר Ex 16:14 (P), Jb 38:29.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (10 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Psalms 147:16

הַנֹּתֵ֣ן שֶׁ֣לֶג כַּצָּ֑מֶר כְּ֝פ֗וֹר כָּאֵ֥פֶר יְפַזֵּֽר׃

Word for word: the.[one who].gives snow like (the) wool hoar-frost like (the) ash[es] he.scatters

JPS 1917: He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

Job 38:29

מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃

Word for word: from the.womb of.whom? does.it.come.forth the ice and.[the] hoar-frost of.heaven who? does he.give.birth.to.it

JPS 1917: Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

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