קוף
See also: קו״ף
Hebrew
[edit]| Root |
|---|
| ק־ו־ף (q-w-p) |
| 2 terms |
Etymology 1
[edit]Likely a borrowing from a language spoken east of Canaan, related to Middle Persian [script needed] (kpyk' /kabīg/, “monkey”) and perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit कपि (kapi, “ape, monkey”). Monkeys have never been native to Canaan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /qoːf/, [qoːf]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /qof/, [qoːf]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kof/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]קוֹף • (kof) m (plural indefinite קוֹפִים, singular construct קוֹף־, plural construct קוֹפֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- monkey, ape
- Tanach, 1 Kings 10:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אַחַת לְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים תָּבוֹא אֳנִי תַרְשִׁישׁ נֹשְׂאֵת זָהָב וָכֶסֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּים וְקֹפִים וְתֻכִּיִּים׃
- Once every three years, the Tarshish fleet came in, bearing gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Declension
[edit]Declension of קוֹף
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | קוֹף | first | קוֹפִי | קוֹפֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַקּוֹף | second | קוֹפְךָ | קוֹפֵךְ | קוֹפְכֶם | קוֹפְכֶן | |
| construct | קוֹף־ | third | קוֹפוֹ | קוֹפָהּ | קוֹפָם | קוֹפָן | |
| plural | indefinite | קוֹפִים | first | קופיי / קוֹפַי | קוֹפֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַקּוֹפִים | second | קוֹפֶיךָ | קופייך / קוֹפַיִךְ | קוֹפֵיכֶם | קוֹפֵיכֶן | |
| construct | קוֹפֵי־ | third | קוֹפָיו | קוֹפֶיהָ | קוֹפֵיהֶם | קוֹפֵיהֶן | |
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]קוּף • (kuf) f (singular construct קוּף־)
References
[edit]- H6971 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “קוֹף”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 571c
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1337a
- “קוף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]
קוף on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
