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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.
The letter Kaf is the 11th letter of the Aleph-Bet, having the numeric value of 20. The pictograph for Kaf looks like a palm of a hand, whereas the classical Hebrew script is constructed of a bent line that appears somewhat like a crown on the head of a prostrating king.
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
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.
This is the eighth video in our series in which we are learning how to read Hebrew.Today we learn the letter kaph, which has two sounds and two forms.
27 wrz 2024 · kaph (plural kaphs) The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
