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Job 13:21

“Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כַּףkaph · kaf
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: כַּ֭פְּ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
ךָ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcfsc/Sp2ms
Usage: Occurs 195 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:9 Genesis 20:5 Genesis 31:42 Genesis 32:26 Genesis 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.

Verse 20 Verse 22

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.