Dish כַּף

Dish כַּף

From Inspiring Words Knight Vision by Mike

April 30, 2026 · 3 min · Season 2 · Episode 321

About this episode

The episode discusses the meaning and usage of the Hebrew word כַּף in the context of Exodus 37.

We are in chapter thirty-seven of Exodus with our word for today. כַּף hollow or flat of the hand, palm, whole hand, sole, bowl. It is used 194 times in the Old Testament. Most of the time our word is used in the sense of the extremity of the arm from the wrist to the fingers, sometimes including the forearm. Here are some examples. Genesis 40:11 Pharaoh's cup was בְּיָדִ֑י [a different word for hand used more often] in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and pl...

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Host: Mike

Topics covered

  • Exodus
  • religion
  • spirituality
  • Christianity
  • Old Testament
  • biblical interpretation

Keywords

  • Exodus
  • כַּף
  • Old Testament
  • hand
  • spirituality
  • religion
  • Christianity

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