Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #3717 - כָּפַל kaphal (to double)


Original Word:כָּפַל
Transliteration: kaphal
Definition:to double, double over
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(kaw-fal')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

double

A primitive root; to fold together; figuratively, to repeat -- double.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to double, fold double, double over
1a) (Qal) to double over
1b) (Niphal) to be doubled
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1019

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כָּפַלverbdouble, double over (late) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּפַל; ᵑ7. כִּיפְלָא, כּוּפְלָה, Nabataean כפל EutNab. No. 20, 7the double; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic SchwIdioticon 46; North Syriac id.; Arabic the double, posteriors, buttocks; Ethiopic is divide, a part) —

QalPerfect2masculine singular וְכָפַלְתָּ֫Exodus 26:9and thou shalt double over the sixth curtain, i.e. probably use it double (Di); Passive participleכָּפוּלfolded double, of the breastpiece (חשֶׁןׅExodus 28:16; Exodus 39:9 (twice in verse).

Niph`alImperfect3feminine singular וְתִכָּפֵלEzekiel 21:19and let the sword be doubled, but very dubious; Co reads plausibly תְּשַׁכֵּלlet the sword bereave (compare VB).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3717. כָּפַל (kaphal) — 5 Occurrences

Exodus 26:9
HEB:הַיְרִיעֹ֖ת לְבָ֑ד וְכָפַלְתָּ֙ אֶת־ הַיְרִיעָ֣ה
NAS: by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth
KJV: curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth
INT: curtains themselves shall double curtain the sixth

Exodus 28:16
HEB:רָב֥וּעַ יִֽהְיֶ֖ה כָּפ֑וּל זֶ֥רֶת אָרְכּ֖וֹ
NAS: It shall be square [and] folded double, a span
KJV: Foursquare it shall be [being] doubled; a span
INT: shall be square become folded A span length

Exodus 39:9
HEB:רָב֧וּעַ הָיָ֛ה כָּפ֖וּל עָשׂ֣וּ אֶת־
NAS: the breastpiece folded double,
KJV: the breastplate double: a span
INT: square become folded made the breastpiece

Exodus 39:9
HEB:וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּ֖וֹ כָּפֽוּל׃
NAS: folded double, a span
KJV: the breadth thereof, [being] doubled.
INT: span wide double

Ezekiel 21:14
HEB:אֶל־ כָּ֑ף וְתִכָּפֵ֞ל חֶ֤רֶב שְׁלִישִׁ֙תָה֙
NAS: and let the sword be doubled the third time,
KJV: and let the sword be doubled the third
INT: about hands be doubled the sword the third

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