תקופה

Hebrew

Root
ק־ו־ף (q-w-p)
2 terms

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /t(e)kuˈfa/

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Noun

תְּקוּפָה • (tkufá) f (plural indefinite תְּקוּפוֹת, singular construct תְּקוּפַת־) [pattern: תַּקְטֵלָה]

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))

See also

• עידן / עִדָּן (idán, “era, eon”)
• עֵת ('ét, “era, time”)
• זְמַן (zmán, “era, time”)
• דּוֹר (dór, “generation”)
• תּוֹר (tor, “period, era, turn”)