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kp, kpˀ (kap̄, kappā) n.f. palm; ladle
1
palm, hand
Common (except: OA, BA)
TAD B2.7 R.17↗ כתב מחסיה בכ^פ^י נפשה‏ : Mahseiah wrote it with his own hand ; GenApoc 20.5↗ כמא יאין כפיה ומא אריכן וקטינן כול אצבעת ידיהא‏ ; SamTgJ Ex4:4↗ והוה לאטר בכפה‏ : it turned into a staff in his hand ; JBABowl 112.1:5↗ זיניה בכפיה תלילא‏ : his weapon is in his uplifted hand
(1)
hand: 1/3 of a cubit
OfAEg
TAD B3.12 R.8↗ ומן תחתיא לעליא פתי אמן 5 ך 2 בעשתא‏
(2)
handful
Syr
P Gn37:7↗ ܗܐ ܚܢܢ ܐ݁ܣܪܝܢܢ ܟ̈ܦܐ ܒܓܘ ܚܩܠܐ‏ ; P Lv2:14↗ ܟܦܐ ܕܡܚܪܟܐ ܒܢܘܪܐ‏
(3)
kp yd : palm : see s.v. kpyd
(4)
sole of the foot: see s.v. kprgl
2
spoon, ladle
OfAEg, JBA
TAD C3.7 F.V.2.2 and passim↗ חמר כנדן 23 ך 2‏ : wine: twenty jars two lades ; BT Pes 28a(7)↗ ̇כ̇פא דחק נגרא‏ : the ladle which a carpenter hollowed out
(1)
cup
Syr
Rev 14:10 text not cited
(2)
dish
Syr, JBA
(3)
pan of a scale
PTA, Syr, LJLA
FTP Ex12:2↗ בכף מאזניא‏ ; ESHaer 31:20↗ ܠܚܘܐ ܒܟܦܐ ܣܡ | ܘܠܐܕܡ ܒܐܚܪܬܐ‏ : he put Eve in (one) pan and Adam in the other ; BBah 912:16↗ ܟܲܦܵܐ ܂܂܂ ܗ܊ ܕܐܝܕ̈ܝܐ ܘܕܡܣܐܬܐ‏ : k’... that is of the hands or of a scale ; PJ Ex1:15↗ בכף מודנא חדא‏ : in one pan of the scale
(4)
fig.: ladle-shaped bone
JBA
BT Ḥul 54a(9)↗ אלא מכפה דמוחא ועד אטם‏ : rather from the brain pan to the thigh
3
sheaf, bundle (i.e., handful)
Syr, JBA
P Gn37:↗ ܦܲܣܣܼܡ‏ ; P Ps126:6↗ ܡܐܬܐ ܐܬܐ ܒܚܕܘܬܐ܂ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܫܩܝܠ ܟܦܐ‏ : the one carrying the sheaf will come joyfully ; BT San 26b(45)↗ חד גנב כפא ד̇ש̇ערי, וחד גנב קיבורא דאהינא‏ : one stole a sheaf of barely and one stole a bunch of unripe dates
4
swipe of the hand, action (?)
OfAEg
TAD B2.6 R.28↗ ביום חד בכף חדה‏ : on a single day with a single act
5
saddle (colloquial shortening of ˀwkp)
Syr
IshNum 107:4↗ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܐܪܡܝ܃ ܟܦܐ ܐܘ ܒܣܕܝܐ‏ : that he put on (his ass, Num. 22:21): a saddle or cushion
6
palm branch
Sam
(1)
(bot.) ܕܕܲܒܪܵܐ : a plant name : epimedium: horny goat weed
SyrLex
BBah 646:14↗ text not cited
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in the meaning of "dish", the pl. is identical to that of kph#2 n.f.
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JBA "shoulder" may be rather an assimilated form of ktp : see DJBA 594.
For "saddle", see also s.v. kpny, a form that demonstrates the authenticity of the cited passage.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 641[339]DJPA: 266bDJBA: 594aJastrow: 657Drower/Macuch: 200a, 208bJ. Payne-Smith: 222Levy Ch-W: 1:379Tal Sam: 403DNWSI: 528DISO: 125BarBahlul: 646:14Qumran: 118

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