Original Language Studio
Isaiah 38:6
“And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כַּףkaph · kaf
H3709 · Hebrew
H3709 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
- Derivation
- from H3721 (כָּפַף);
- KJV renderings
- branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מִ — preposition
- כַּ֤ף — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 195 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:9Genesis 20:5Genesis 31:42Genesis 32:26Genesis 32:26
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כַּף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.