Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The nineteenth letter (P) of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to 'the Roman q. Its numerical value is C.
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- noun Alternative form of
kaph .
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Examples
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In the Hebrew Text, the idea of redemption is directly expressed by the verbs ga’ál and padah, and by their derivatives to which the word kophér (ransom) is intimately related.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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No one was quite sure where it had come from, but it had travelled with the K, they were the two voiceless velar Semitic consonants, they went back to the desert, to caph and koph.
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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No one was quite sure where it had come from, but it had travelled with the K, they were the two voiceless velar Semitic consonants, they went back to the desert, to caph and koph.
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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No one was quite sure where it had come from, but it had travelled with the K, they were the two voiceless velar Semitic consonants, they went back to the desert, to caph and koph.
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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It was brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram, and was called by the Hebrews koph_, and by the Greeks _kepos, both words being just the Indian Tamil name of the monkey, kapi, i.e., swift, nimble, active.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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There is redundancy in the two forms for _k_, namely _kaph_ and _koph_; in the two for _t_, namely _teth_ and _tau_; and in the two for _s_, namely _samech_ and _shin_.
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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