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כָּפֵל‏ n.m. double

double Nabatean, Qumran, CPA, Sam, LJLA. GenApoc 22.29 : וחזי כמן כפלין שגיו‏ see how many times they have doubled (lit.: how many doubles have increased). TgEsth² 1:8(3)var. : ז{לפ}<פל>ן זוזין /כיפלן זוזי/‏ a certain amount (var.: double amount) of zuzim †. see s.vv. bkyplh, bkwplˀ adv. PTA, LJLA.

rugged topography JLAtg. TgJ Is40:4 : וִיהֵי כָפְלָא לְמֵישְרָא וֻבֵית גִידוּדִין לְבִקעָא‏ the rugged ground will become a plain and the place of embankments a valley.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 266b; DJBA: 596a; Jastrow: 635; Levy Ch-W: 1:380; Tal Sam: 404; DNWSI: 530; Cook,Qumran: 118;

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Derivatives:

bkyplh, bkwplˀ adv. double