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# כֶּפֶל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3718

**the double** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

the double [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3718/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כֶּ֫פֶל: the double [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3718/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] the double:—כ׳ cstr.: בְּכ׳ רִסְנוֹ Jb 41:5 within the double of his jaw (i.e. his double jaws) who can come? elsewhere du. כִּפְלַיִם (cf. Arabic كِفْلَانِ), לְתוּשִׁיָּה 11:6 double in sound wisdom (beyond what Job imagines), of retribution Is 40:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: double (2); the doubling (1).

## In the verses

[Job 41:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.5/#tree)

מִֽי־גִ֭לָּה פְּנֵ֣י לְבוּשׁ֑וֹ בְּכֶ֥פֶל רִ֝סְנ֗וֹ מִ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* who? has.he.uncovered the.surface its.clothing his in the.doubling its.halter his who? will.he.come

*JPS 1917:* Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?

[Job 11:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.6/#tree)

וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ֨ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹת חָכְמָה֮ כִּֽי־כִפְלַ֪יִם לְֽת֫וּשִׁיָּ֥ה וְדַ֡ע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁ֥ה לְךָ֥ אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and may.he.tell to you \[the\].secrets of.wisdom (dm) double \[belongs\].to sound.wisdom and know (dm).that he.will.cause.to.forget to you God some of your.iniquity

*JPS 1917:* And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3718.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3718/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).