BDB4172 [H3730]

I. כַּפְתּוֺר כַּפְתֹּר noun masculine

1. capital,

2. knob, bulb (

2. perhaps earlier meaning; Hoffm^{ZAW iii. (1883), 124}, compare Syriac pear (Löw^{No. 153}), from shape); —

1. כַּפְתּוֺר Amos 9:1 capital of pillar; so plural suffix כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ Zeph 2:14.

2. כַּפְתֹּר, knob or bulb, ornament on the golden lamp-stand in tabernacle; ᵐ5 σφαιρωτήρ, Jos^{Archaeology iii, 6, 7} ρὁΐσκος small pomegranate; ᵑ9. sphaerula: — Exod 25:33 (twice in verse); Exod 25:35 (3 t. in verse) = Exod 37:19 (twice in verse); Exod 37:21 (3 t. in verse); suffix כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ Exod 25:31; Exod 25:34 = Exod 37:17; Exod 37:20, כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶם Exod 25:36 = Exod 37:22 (all P).

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