כפתור

Hebrew

Root
כ־פ־ת־ר (k-p-t-r)

Noun

כַּפְתּוֹר • (kaftór) m

1. (clothing) button (a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener)
2. button (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism)
3. (Biblical Hebrew) bulb, knop, calyx (architectural term)
   • Tanach, Exodus 25:31, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְעָשִׂיתָ מְנֹרַת זָהָב טָהוֹר מִקְשָׁה תֵּעָשֶׂה הַמְּנוֹרָה יְרֵכָהּ וְקָנָהּ גְּבִיעֶיהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיוּ׃

     v-asíta m'norát zaháv tahór miqshá te'asé ha-m'norá y'rekháh v-qanáh g'vi'éha kaftoréha u-fraḥéha mimménah yihyú.

     And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

Declension

Declension of כַּפְתּוֹר

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	כַּפְתּוֹר	first	כַּפְתּוֹרִי		כַּפְתּוֹרֵנוּ
	definite	הַכַּפְתּוֹר	second	כַּפְתּוֹרְךָ	כַּפְתּוֹרֵךְ	כַּפְתּוֹרְכֶם	כַּפְתּוֹרְכֶן
	construct	כַּפְתּוֹר־	third	כַּפְתּוֹרוֹ	כַּפְתּוֹרָהּ	כַּפְתּוֹרָם	כַּפְתּוֹרָן
plural	indefinite	כַּפְתּוֹרִים	first	כפתוריי / כַּפְתּוֹרַי		כַּפְתּוֹרֵינוּ
	definite	הַכַּפְתּוֹרִים	second	כַּפְתּוֹרֶיךָ	כפתורייך / כַּפְתּוֹרַיִךְ	כַּפְתּוֹרֵיכֶם	כַּפְתּוֹרֵיכֶן
	construct	כַּפְתּוֹרֵי־	third	כַּפְתּוֹרָיו	כַּפְתּוֹרֶיהָ	כַּפְתּוֹרֵיהֶם	כַּפְתּוֹרֵיהֶן

Proper noun

כַּפְתּוֹר • (kaftór) m

1. (Biblical Hebrew) Caphtor, Crete, the homeland of the Philistines
   • Tanach, Amos 9:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     הֲלוֹא כִבְנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים אַתֶּם לִי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהוָה הֲלוֹא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶעֱלֵיתִי מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּים מִכַּפְתּוֹר וַאֲרָם מִקִּיר׃

     ha-ló khi-vnéi khushiyím atém li b'néy Yisraél n'úm Adonái ha-ló he'eléti me-érets Mitsráyim u-flishtiyím mi-kaftór va-arám mi-qir

     Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor, And Aram from Kir?

References

• “כפתור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כפתור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• Caphtor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia