Lexical Definition

‎קוֹף‎ qôwph (kofe) ape ^H:N-M
or קֹף qôph (kofe); of foreign origin,

ape.

• a monkey

1) ape

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קוֺף‎] noun [masculine] ape, so Vrss, ᵐ5 πίθηκοι (omitted by ᵐ5^B in Kings) (foreign word; probably = Sanskrit kapi, id.; Egyptian as loan-word gôfë WMM^As.u.Eur.95, gi'f Erman^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 121}; Greek κῆβος, κῆπος is of Egyptian origin according to Lewy^{Fremdw. 6}); — plural ‎קֹפִים‎ 1Kgs 10:22 = ‎קוֺפִים‎ 2Chr 9:21, brought to Solomon [from southeast] by Phoenician fleet; compare Arabic proverb 'donum regionis Jemen simiae sunt,' Frey^{Provv.iii.3160}.

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