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תקופה

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Hebrew

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Root
ק־ו־ף (q-w-p)

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Noun

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תְּקוּפָה (tkufáf (plural indefinite תְּקוּפוֹת, singular construct תְּקוּפַת־)

  1. An era, age, epoch, period.
    • 2009, “כנסייה מהתקופה הביזנטית התגלתה ליד נס הרים”, in Haaretz:
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      A church from the Byzantine period was discovered next to Nes Harim
  2. (geology) epoch (a geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs))