כַּף 192 noun feminine 1 Kings 8:54 hollow, or 
flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, 
pan (Late Hebrew 
id.; Aramaic 
id., 

 Assyrian 
kappu, 
hand, pan, kippatu, hollow; Arabic 
 palm, hand
 palm, hand) — absolute 
כ׳ Job 29:9 +, so read probably also 
Ezekiel 29:7b for MT 
כָּתֵף (
 
 
 Sm Co, compare 
Ezekiel 29:7a); 
כָּ֑ף 2 Kings 11:12 +; more often construct 
כַּף Genesis 40:11 +; suffix 
כַּפִּי Judges 12:3, 
כַּפְּךָ Job 13:31, etc.; in 
Ezekiel 29:7 read 
כַּף Qr for 
כפך Kt (so Ew Hi Sm Co Da); dual 
כַּפַּיִס Isaiah 49:16 +; construct 
כַּפֵּי Exodus 29:24 (twice in verse) + 
3 times; suffix 
כַּפַּי Genesis 20:5 +, 
כַּפָּיו Numbers 24:10 +, 
כַּפֵּיהֶס Isaiah 59:6 + 
2 times, 
כַּפֵּימוֹ Job 27:23, etc.; plural 
כַּפּוֹת (especially of 
soles, and in metaphor senses) absolute 
Numbers 4:7 +; construct 
2 Kings 9:35 +, suffix 
כַּפֹתָיו Exodus 25:29; 
Exodus 37:16; — 
    1.
    a. of human beings, 
hollow or 
flat of hand, palm, (approximately + 
116 times) 
2 Kings 4:34 (twice in verse); 
נָתַן אֵת הַכּוס עַלכּכַּף פ׳ Genesis 40:11, 
21 (E), 
set the cup upon the palm of Pharaoh (compare 
Genesis 40:11a בְּיָדִי פַּרְעֹה וְכוֹס), similarly 
Leviticus 8:27 (twice in verse) (P) +; 
עַל־כַּפּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הַשֶּׁמֶן Leviticus 14:16, 
17, 
18, 
27, 
28; as distinguished from wrist and arm, 
Deuteronomy 25:12; rarely with 
ידים (always 
כַּכּוֺת), 
ידיו כַּפּוֹת שְׁתֵּי1 Samuel 5:4 (of Dagon), 
הַיָּדַיִם כ׳ 2 Kings 9:35, compare 
Daniel 10:10; 
כַּף הַשְּׂמָאלִית Leviticus 14:15, 
26; note especially 
קֶמַח מְלֹא כ׳ 1 Kings 17:12 a handful of meal (literally 
palmful), compare 
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (where distinguished from 
מלא חָפְנַיִם a double fistful; in both these passages of a very small quantity); compare 
מִן כַּפּוֹ וַיְמַלֵּא Leviticus 9:17 (reference to 
מְלֹא קֻמְצוֺ Leviticus 2:2; 
Leviticus 5:12; compare 
Leviticus 6:8). In 
Exodus 4:4 (JE), 
Proverbs 31:19; 
Ezekiel 21:16; 
Psalm 129:7, etc., the thought is that of grasping.
 
    b. anthropomorph. of 
י׳ covering Moses over with his palm, 
עָלֶיך כַפִּי וְשַׂכֹּתִי Exodus 33:22 (J), and so figurative (with 
שׁית) 
Psalm 139:5; withdrawing 
)הֵסִירׅ his hand 
Exodus 33:23 (J); removing 
)הִרְהִּיק ׅ his afficting hand 
Job 13:21; 
אוֺר כִּסָּה עַל־כַּפַּיִס Job 36:32, i.e. he (God) hath filled his palms with light.
 
    c. once of animals, 
עַל־כַּפָּיו הוֹלֵךְ Leviticus 11:27 going upon their palms, i.e. paws (cats, dogs, etc.).
 
    d. phrases are: —
    †(1) (
הִכָּה כַּף = 
clap the hands, in applause 
2 Kings 11:12 so 
תָּקַע כ׳ Psalm 47:2, 
מָחָא כ׳ Isaiah 55:12 (figurative of trees), 
Psalm 98:8 (figurative of rivers); but especially in scorn, contempt, etc., 
אֶת־כַּפָּיו סָפַק Numbers 24:10 (J), 
כַפֵּ֑ימוֹ עָלֵימוֺ יִשְׂפֹּק Job 27:23; so 
תָּקַע כַּף עלֿ Nahum 3:19, 
אֶל־ כַפִּי הִכָּה Ezekiel 22:13 (of 
י׳); absolute, 
הִכָּה בְכַפְּךָ Ezekiel 6:11 (as 
מחא יד Ezekiel 25:6), 
הִכָּה כַּף אֶלכַּֿף Ezekiel 21:19, 
אֶל־כַּפִּי כַפִּי אַכֶּה Ezekiel 21:22 (of 
י׳).
 
    †(3) of 
hand-grasp as pledge 
תָּקַעְתָּ כַּפֶּיךָ לַזָּר Proverbs 6:1 (
if) 
thou hast smitten thy palms (given a double hand-grasp), 
for another (so De; || 
עָרַבְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ); so absolute 
תקע כף Proverbs 17:18; 
Proverbs 22:26 (compare 
תקע ליד Job 17:3).
 
    †(5) שׂים כַּף לְפֶה, in respectful silence, 
Job 29:9.
 
    †3. כַּף רַגְלָהּ, etc., = 
sole of foot, 
Genesis 8:9 (J), 
Joshua 3:13; 
Joshua 4:18 (both J E), 
1 Kings 5:17; 
2 Kings 19:24 = 
Isaiah 37:25; 
Deuteronomy 11:24; 
Deuteronomy 28:56, 
65; 
Joshua 1:3 (D) 
Ezekiel 43:7; Malachi 3:21; 
קָדְקֳדוֺמִכַּף רַגְלוֺ וְעַד 2 Samuel 14:25; 
Job 2:7, compare 
Isaiah 1:6 (figurative); 
ר׳ מִדְרַךְ כ׳ Deuteronomy 2:5 treading-place for the sole of a foot; of the cherubim 
Ezekiel 1:7, of a calf, (in simile) 
Ezekiel 1:7., (according to MT; compare however Co).
 
    4. of various hollow, bending or bent objects: —
    †a. hollow (i.e. socket), 
of the thigh-joint, 
יָרֵךְ כ׳ Genesis 32:26 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:33 (twice in verse).
 
    †d. תְּמָרִיס כַּפּוֹת Leviticus 23:40 —
hand-shaped branches (or 
fronds) 
of palm-trees.
 
    e. הַמַּנְעוּל כַּפּוֹת Songs 5:5 the (bent) 
handles of the bolt.
 
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