Lexical Definition

‎כָּפָה‎ kâphâh (kaw-faw') to subdue ^H:V
a primitive root

pacify.

• properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue

1) (Qal) to sooth, subdue, pacify

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּפָה‎] verb probably subdue (Late Hebrew overturn, hold under, compel; Aramaic ‎כְּפָא‎, id.; incline (as face to ground), overturn; Assyrian kipû perhaps id., Dl^{HWB 346}; compare Arabic overturn, turn back); — only Qal Imperfect ‎מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּהאָֿ֑ף‎ Prov 21:14 a gift in secret subdueth anger (so Thes Rob-Ges; Ew beugt: Fl De averteth, from the Arabic, is more remote; ᵐ5 ἀνατρέπει, compare Late Hebrew). ‎כִּפָּה‎ see below ‎כפף‎.

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