Lexicon
כֶּ֫פֶל
ke.phel
H3718
H:N-M Hebrew

double

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Hebrew
Language

ke.phel denotes a twofold quantity or relation, as in Jerusalem's receipt and wisdom's hidden matters.

The attested uses point to a twofold amount or relation: Isaiah 40:2 places it in Jerusalem's receipt from the LORD, and Job 11:6 compares the secrets of wisdom with wisdom; Job 41:5 preserves a singular construct form in a clause about binding, though the translation does not isolate its contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Twofold amount or relation · dominant

    In Isaiah 40:2, the dual absolute form occurs in the statement that Jerusalem has received from the hand of the LORD, which the APB renders with “double for all her sins.” In Job 11:6, another dual absolute form occurs in the comparison concerning the secrets of wisdom, rendered by the APB as “they are double to wisdom.” Job 41:5 has the singular construct form in the question about binding him for maidens, but the APB's wording does not make the term's precise contribution clear.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “double” in Isaiah 40:2 and Job 11:6. In Job 41:5 it renders the surrounding question about laughing and binding without an identifiable English equivalent for the singular construct form.

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