כָּפַלkâphal
double, double over
Pronunciation: kaw-fal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3717
Meanings
Qal: and thou shalt double over, folded double (Exodus 26:9; Exodus 28:16; Exodus 39:9)
Niph`al: and let, be doubled (Ezekiel 21:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 26:9 Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and join the other six into a second long curtain. Allow 3 feet of material from the second set of curtains to hang over the front of the sacred tent.
- Exodus 28:16 Make the chestpiece of a single piece of cloth folded to form a pouch nine inches square.
- Exodus 39:9 He made the chestpiece of a single piece of cloth folded to form a pouch nine inches square.
- Ezekiel 21:14 “Son of man, prophesy to them and clap your hands. Then take the sword and brandish it twice, even three times, to symbolize the great massacre, the great massacre facing them on every side.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).