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kph, kptˀ (keppā, keppəṯā) n.f. dome; arch
1
dome, vault
JPAEpig, Gal, Syr
PTEr 22.d:43[2]↗ כפתה דשקקא‏ : the street's vaulted top ; BBah 913:13↗ ܟܦܝ̈ ܫܡܝܐ ܒܟܬ܊ ܕܦܪܕ܊ ܫܩܝ݂ܠ ܡܢ ܟܲܦܬܐ ܘܩܘܒܬܐ‏ : "the vaults of heaven" in the Book of Paradise is taken from k’ and vault
(1)
vaulted chamber
Palmyrene, Hatran, Gal
PAT524:1.2↗ gwmḥyn ˀrbˁˀ dy lbr mn kptˀ mˁl bbˀ ˁl ymynk : four niches that are outside the vaulted chamber on your right coming through the door ; H 408:.3↗ prsdˀ tryhwn dylh dy kptˀ wˀšyth kwlhyn : the two entryways of the vaulted chamber and all its walls ; PTShvi 36.c:17[2]↗ מן כיפתא ולעיל‏ : beyond the vaulted chamber
(1)
cave
Syr
ChrPsD2 309:30↗ ܟܠܢܫ ܐܝܟ ܕܡܢ ܟܦܬܐ ܕܡܠܝܐ ܟܘܪ̈ܦܐ ܥܪܩܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܡܢ ܚܕܪ̈ܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ‏ : everyone fled the city's environs as if from a cave full of serpents
(2)
cavity
Man
Rue 92↗ mn kabta ḏšurẖ : from the pit of his navel
2
arch
Syr, LJLA
WisSol5:21↗ ܕܟܦܬܐ ܕܩܫܬܐ ܕܥܢ̈ܢܐ‏ ; TgEsth2 1:5(2)↗ כף אילנא לאילנא ועבד כייפין‏ : he bent tree to tree and made arches
3
fig.:
(1)
soft round object
Gal
PTŠab 7.b:47[2]↗ כהדא כיפ<ת>ה דהיא משויא גבינתה‏ : like the round object which evens out the humps (of the camel)
(1)
round blossom
LJLA
TgJob41:12↗ היך דודא נפיח דעביד כיפא‏ : like a boiling pot that produces a steam blossom
(2)
glans penis, clitoris
Syr
(3)
palm branch
Syr, JBA
BT Suk 32a(25)↗ חדא כפתא‏
(1)
a branched over section of or whole orchard of trees, mature section of an orchard
OfAGen
IduOstr 1:185.4↗ זיתי כפה‏ : mature olive trees
(4)
a release of steam (?)
LJLA
TgJob41:12↗ היך דודא נפיח דעביד כיפא‏ : like a boiling pot that makes k' †
(5)
eyelash (?)
Syr
JSBhom 71day6 2260↗ ܘܲܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢܗܸܝܢ ܐܲܬܩܸܢ ܟܲܦܸ̈ܐ ܫܲܦܼܝܪ̈ܵܬܐ‏ : above (the eyes) He fashioned lovely eyelashes [not eyebrows or eyelids, which are mentioned in the following lines]
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Syriac pluarl ܟ̈ܦܐ‏
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For "penis, clitoris" see PSm p. 1725.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 646[339]DJPA: 256bDJBA: 598aJastrow: 636Drower/Macuch: 195aPayne-Smith ~: 1790J. Payne-Smith: 223Levy Ch-W: 1:379DNWSI: 529DISO: 125

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