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kātēf כָּתֵף ‘shoulder’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to clothe

kātēf n, f
1) shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope
 1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade (of man)
 1b) shoulder, shoulder-pieces (of animals)
 1c) side, slope (of mountain)
 1d) supports (of laver)

Mentioned in Exodus 28:12, 39:7, 27:14, 27:15, 38:14, 38:15, 28:7, 28:25, 39:18, 28:27, 39:20, 39:4 Numbers 7:9, 34:11 Deuteronomy 33:12 Joshua 15:8, 15:10, 15:11, 18:12, 18:13, 18:16, 18:18, 18:19 Judges 16:3 1 Samuel 17:6 1 Kings 7:30, 7:34, 6:8, 7:39 2 Kings 11:11 Isaiah 11:14, 49:22, 30:6, 46:7 Ezekiel 29:18, 40:40, 41:26, 40:44, 12:12, 24:4, 34:21, 40:18, 40:41, 46:19, 47:1, 47:2, 41:2, 12:6, 25:9, 12:7, 29:7 Zechariah 7:11 Job 31:22 Nehemiah 9:29 1 Chronicles 15:15 2 Chronicles 35:3, 23:10, 4:10

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