Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
caph . - noun The eleventh letter (ℶ) of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the Greek kappa and English k or c. Its numerical value is XX.
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- noun The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (
Phoenician ,Aramaic ,Hebrew ,Syriac ,Arabic and others).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Aleph-kaph-mem when googled led me to the definition 'Angel'...
Cloverfield Clues Podcast #1 Dennis 2007
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Actual Hebrew letters in original. mem and tet are transposed, kaph and vav look just like resh. * = final forms.p. 52, note "54".
Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy John Delafield
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In the latter expression the word for "hand," kaph, signifies "the palm of the hand," consequently, not even hidden uncleanness within the hand, -- therefore complete innocency.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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On the basis of "like" = the famous kaph veritatis, and the well-known principle, post hoc ergo hoc
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A: Well, there’s been a lot of confusion over consonants like he, waw, heh, yod, kaph, mem, and zayin . . .
The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007
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A: Well, there’s been a lot of confusion over consonants like he, waw, heh, yod, kaph, mem, and zayin . . .
The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007
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A: Well, there’s been a lot of confusion over consonants like he, waw, heh, yod, kaph, mem, and zayin . . .
The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007
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[5] - except for letters א aleph and ע ayin, which are silent. vav nail, tent peg hand kaph palm of hand
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