כפתור

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Hebrew

Root
כ־פ־ת־ר (k-p-t-r)
2 terms

Noun

כַּפְתּוֹר • (kaftór) m

  1. (clothing) button (a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener)
  2. button (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism)
  3. (Biblical Hebrew) bulb, knop, calyx (architectural term)
    • Tanach, Exodus 25:31, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְעָשִׂיתָ מְנֹרַת זָהָב טָהוֹר מִקְשָׁה תֵּעָשֶׂה הַמְּנוֹרָה יְרֵכָהּ וְקָנָהּ גְּבִיעֶיהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיוּ׃
      v-asíta m'norát zaháv tahór miqshá te'asé ha-m'norá y'rekháh v-qanáh g'vi'éha kaftoréha u-fraḥéha mimménah yihyú.
      And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

Declension

Declension of כַּפְתּוֹר
Number Isolated forms With possessive pronouns
State Form Person singular plural
m. f. m. f.
singular indefinite כַּפְתּוֹר first כַּפְתּוֹרִי כַּפְתּוֹרֵנוּ
definite הַכַּפְתּוֹר second כַּפְתּוֹרְךָ כַּפְתּוֹרֵךְ כַּפְתּוֹרְכֶם כַּפְתּוֹרְכֶן
construct כַּפְתּוֹר־ third כַּפְתּוֹרוֹ כַּפְתּוֹרָהּ כַּפְתּוֹרָם כַּפְתּוֹרָן
plural indefinite כַּפְתּוֹרִים first כפתוריי / כַּפְתּוֹרַי כַּפְתּוֹרֵינוּ
definite הַכַּפְתּוֹרִים second כַּפְתּוֹרֶיךָ כפתורייך / כַּפְתּוֹרַיִךְ כַּפְתּוֹרֵיכֶם כַּפְתּוֹרֵיכֶן
construct כַּפְתּוֹרֵי־ third כַּפְתּוֹרָיו כַּפְתּוֹרֶיהָ כַּפְתּוֹרֵיהֶם כַּפְתּוֹרֵיהֶן

Proper noun

כַּפְתּוֹר • (kaftór) m

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) Caphtor, Crete, the homeland of the Philistines
    • Tanach, Amos 9:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      הֲלוֹא כִבְנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים אַתֶּם לִי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהוָה הֲלוֹא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶעֱלֵיתִי מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּים מִכַּפְתּוֹר וַאֲרָם מִקִּיר׃
      ha-ló khi-vnéi khushiyím atém li b'néy Yisraél n'úm Adonái ha-ló he'eléti me-érets Mitsráyim u-flishtiyím mi-kaftór va-arám mi-qir
      Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor, And Aram from Kir?

References

  • “כפתור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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