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Kaph (also spelled kaf) is the eleventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic kāf ك , Aramaic kāp 𐡊, Hebrew kāp̄ כ , Phoenician kāp 𐤊, and Syriac kāp̄ ܟ. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek kappa (Κ), Latin K, and Cyrillic К.
Kaf (כּ) is the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet Numerical value: 20 Sound: "K" with a dagesh (dot) and "KH" without a dagesh Meaning: Palm, spoon, crown
Grammatically, when prefixed to a word Kaf means "like" or "as." For example, we prefix Kaf to melekh (king) to obtain k'melekh, like a king. Now the letter Kaf resembles the letter Bet, which we understand to be a picture of the Messiah Jesus.
The meanings of this letter are "bend" and "curve," from the shape of the palm, as well as to "tame" or "subdue" as one who has been bent to another's will. The Modern Hebrew name for this letter is kaph, a Hebrew word meaning "palm" and is also the ancient name for this letter.
The ancient twenty-two Hebrew letters were originally pictures of animals, tools or parts of the body. The objective of this page is to teach the name, sound and meaning of each letter by associating it with common English words and sounds that are related to the original Hebrew.
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ט) transliterated as t and pronounced more or less like English t with pharyngeal articulation
6 lis 2023 · It comes from the root word kaphaph #3721 כָפַף meaning to bend, bend down, bow. The letter itself is a picture of bending over. It’s a picture of what we do with our hands. We each have a gift from God to create something and contribute to the world around us.