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kāfān כָּפָן ‘famine’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kāfan כָּפַן ‘to hunger’
Roots: כפן

kāfān n, m
1) hunger, famine, painful hunger

Mentioned in Job 5:22, 30:3

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