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kaph

 (käf, kôf)
n.
The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew kap, of Phoenician origin; see kpp in Semitic roots.]
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kaph

(kɔːf; kɑːf; Hebrew kaf) or

caph

n
(Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (כ or, at the end of a word, ך) transliterated as k or, when final, kh
[Hebrew, literally: palm of the hand]
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kaph

(kɑf, kɔf)

n.
the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
[1875–80; < Hebrew: literally, palm (of the hand), sole (of the foot)]
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Noun1.kaph - the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
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In the photograph published here, the first letter might be a he, the second is certainly an mem followed by an ain, but the next letter cannot be a kaph. The reading proffered by the editors, zm'n 'rb', and interpreted as "Zama Maior" (vel Regia) seems certain; cf.
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Amac: Mesane ogmentasyonunda augmentasyon materyalinin uroepitelle kaph olmasi, mukus uretiminin yoklugu, tas, enfeksiyon gibi komplikasyonlarin dusuklugu gibi yararlar ortaya cikartir.
One meaning of KARA in Hebrew is "happened." With a Qoph instead of a Kaph for the K-sound, KARA in Hebrew means "(he) called" or "(he) read".
(6) Cross notes that although the small right tail of the shin and the curve of the kaph of the Phoenician inscription first appear in the 4th century, the yod "looks peculiar" and may indicate the 3rd century B.C.
The omission of textual cross-references is puzzling, and its system of transliteration of Hebrew can be frustrating (k represents both kaph and qoph, for example), but, for the rest, as a scholarly achievement that offers the fruits of modern biblical scholarship, the JSB can be warmly recommended.
It's a mixed feeling."The Lebanese artist hasn't lived in Lebanon for 20 years, but she visited Beirut this month for the launch of "Seta Manoukian: Painting in Levitation." Published in partnership with the Saradar Collection, the latest volume from Kaph Books is a hefty look through Manoukian's career and evolution.
kaph (in any text among those he studied) suggests the phoneme