ka.phis denotes a wooden structural piece that answers the stone's cry from the wall.

The term denotes a wooden structural piece in the wall-and-wood image of Habakkuk 2:11, where it answers the stone's cry from the wall.

1. Wooden structural piece · dominant

   In Habakkuk 2:11, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause describing something that answers “from the wood” after the stone cries from the wall. The APB renders the verse, “For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the rafter will answer from the wood.”

   Habakkuk 2:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Habakkuk 2:11, the APB presents the wooden element as “the rafter” that “will answer from the wood.” This rendering confirms the verse's imagery rather than isolating every lexical detail.