The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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כִּפָּה‏ n.f. dome; arch

arch Syr, LJLA. TgEsth² 1:5(2) : כף אילנא לאילנא ועבד כייפין‏ he bent tree to tree and made arches. round blossom LJLA. TgJob41:12 : היך דודא נפיח דעביד כיפא‏ like a boiling pot that produces a steam blossom. a release of steam (?) LJLA. TgJob41:12 : היך דודא נפיח דעביד כיפא‏ like a boiling pot that makes k' †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 256b; DJBA: 598a; Jastrow: 636; Levy Ch-W: 1:379; DNWSI: 529;

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