Lexical Definition

‎קָפָא‎ qâphâʼ (kaw-faw') to congeal ^H:V
a primitive root

congeal, curdle, dark, settle.

• to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)

v
1) to thicken, condense, congeal, settle, become dense
1a) (Qal) to be condensed
1a1) thickening (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to curdle
n m
2) congelation

See Greek: πήγνυμι

Extended Information

• v

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָפָא‎] verb thicken, condense, congeal (compare Syriac heap up, collect); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎קָֽפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת‎ Exod 15:8 (song) the deeps were condensed, became firm walls; Imperfect ‎יקפאון‎ Zech 14:6 Kt (i.e. ‎יִקְפָּא֑וּן‎ [possible is also ‎יִקָּפֵא֑וּן‎ Niph`al]) Thes and others glorious(?) ones [stars] shall contract (dwindle), but read Qr ‎וְפָּאוֺן‎ see following Participle ‎הַקֹּפְאִים עַלאשִׁמְרַיהֶם‎ Zeph 1:12 the men who are thickening on their lees (easy-going men, under figure of undisturbed wine). Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תַּקְפִּיאֵנִי‎ Job 10:10 didst thou not curdle me like cheese (of formation of foetus) ?

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