Exodus 16:14:10Exod.16.14.W10TAB
כַּכְּפֹ֖ר
kakkefor
“like frost”
- Transliteration
- kak-ke-FOR
- Extended
- kahk-keh-FOHR
- IPA
- /kak.kəˈfoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like frost
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
kak-ke-FOR
- phraseyour reading level
DAK kak-ke-FOR
- clause
ve-hin-NEH al-pe-NEI ha-mid-BAR DAK me-khus-PAS DAK kak-ke-FOR al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
vat-TA-al shikh-VAT ha-TAAL ve-hin-NEH al-pe-NEI ha-mid-BAR DAK me-khus-PAS DAK kak-ke-FOR al-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The simile kakephor {כַּכְּפֹ֖ר | ka-kə-p̄ôr} ‘like frost’ evokes a familiar natural image, and the concluding al-haarets {עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ | ʿal-ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘upon the ground’ completes the spatial frame. This Hebrew sequence—condition, sudden observation, location, intensified description, simile—creates vivid immediacy.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–pe–resh
“frost; hoarfrost”
In context — Exodus 16:14
When the layer of dew rose, behold, on the surface of the wilderness lay a fine, flaky substance—fine as frost upon the ground.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 16:14, so the Hebrew word כַּכְּפֹ֖ר (kakkefor) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.16.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.14.W10.S1) and character.