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kpt, kptˀ (kp̄eṯ, kap̄tā) n.m. tie, knot
1
tie, knot
Gal, Man
BR 600:5(1)↗ יית{י}<ו>ן כפתייה קיימין٠٠٠ אשתרון יתהון כפתייה‏ : do those knots remain forever? ... those knots were untied
(1)
chain, bond
JPAEpig, CPA, Sam, LJLA
Fates 6a:6 בכפת קשייה רמי‏ : he is cast in the fetter of the hard ones ; Marqe 1.801↗ כיי כשרי ושרי לכפתון‏ : as if he began to release their chains ; TgJob3:19↗ עבדא דייי דנפק בר חורין מן כופתא מן קיריס דידיה‏ : the servant of the Lord who went out free from the binding by his master
2
prison cell
JLAtg
TgJ Jer20:2 (and 3 more times in this chapter)↗ וִיהַב יָתֵיה לְכַפתָא דְבִתרַע שֵיבַט בִניָמִן‏ : he consigned him to the prison cell that is inside the gate of the tribe of Benjamin ; TgJ Jer29:26↗ וְתִתֵין יָתֵיה לְכִפְתָא וֻלגוֹ צִינוֹקָא‏ : you should place him in the prison cell and in the pillory
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 268aJastrow: 663Levy Ch-W: 1:383Tal Sam: 407DCPA[Schulthess]: 184[97]

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