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kāfīs כָּפִיס ‘rafter’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to connect

kāfīs n, m
1) rafter, girder (meaning dubious)

Mentioned in Habakkuk 2:11

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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