כפה

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See also: כ־ פה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Noun

כִּפָּה • (kipá) f

  1. defective spelling of כיפה

Etymology 2

Root
כ־פ־ה (k-p-h)

Verb

כָּפָה • (kafá) (pa'al construction)

  1. (transitive) (He/it) overturned
  2. (transitive) (He/it) coerced, forced
    • a. 1200, Maimonides, משנה תורה,‎ הלכות עבדים‎ 8:17:
      עבד שהשיאו רבו בת חורין או שהניח לו רבו תפילין בראשו […] יצא לחירות וכופין את רבו לכתוב לו גט שיחרור
      A slave to whom his master married a freewoman, or on whose head his master placed phylacteries, goes to freedom, and we force his master to write him a document of emancipation.
    • a. 1200, Maimonides, משנה תורה,‎ הלכות עבדים‎ 8:17:
      שכיון שלא כפה אותו במקום שיש לו לכפותו
      for, since he did not force him in a circumstance in which he should force him
Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּפָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כָּפִיתִי כָּפִינוּ
second כָּפִיתָ כָּפִית כְּפִיתֶם1 כְּפִיתֶן1
third כָּפָה כָּפְתָה כָּפוּ
present כּוֹפֶה כּוֹפָה כּוֹפִים כּוֹפוֹת
future first אֶכְפֶּה נִכְפֶּה
second תִּכְפֶּה תִּכְפִּי תִּכְפּוּ תִּכְפֶּינָה2
third יִכְפֶּה תִּכְפֶּה יִכְפּוּ תִּכְפֶּינָה2
imperative כְּפֵה כְּפִי כְּפוּ כְּפֶינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּפִיתֶם and כָּפִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 3

Noun

כַּפָּהּ • (kapáh)

  1. singular form of כף (kaf)‎ with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor

Etymology 4

Root
כ־ו־ף (k-w-p)

Verb

כָּפָה • (káfa (past tense), kafá (present tense))

  1. Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of כף (kaf).
  2. Feminine singular present participle and present tense of כף (kaf).

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