Word entries are of the format:
Hebrew Word – English Transliteration – Meanings – Word Construction – Notes
[Color Code, Transliteration Chart, and Chart of Letter Meanings are at the bottom of this page.]
כ
כאה KAH broken / grieved
‘hand… source… be’
– as in, the result of being struck with a hand.
כבד KBD heavy / honored / severe / liver
‘carry… tent… path through’
If you carry a tent along a path through, you will discover that it is ‘heavy’. This concept was also a measure of one’s wealth.
כבה KBH go out / be removed / extinguish
‘carry… tent… be’
– refers to the nomadic practice of carrying their tents to live elsewhere.
כבס KBS wash
‘hand … tent… pieces’
כבש KBSh lamb / subdue
‘carry… tent… fill’
– perhaps referring to extensive use of wool.
כה KH announce / thus
‘carry… shall be’
כהן KHN priest / kohen
‘carry… shall be… ahead’
– the future of the Israelites depended on the priests fulfilling the requirements.
כחה KChH strength
‘as like… wall… be’
כוכב KWKB star
‘as like… add to… vessel… tent’
– may be an analogy referring to the specks of light that shine through the tent covering.
כול KWL sustain / provide / contain / keep in
‘carry… add … extending’
or: כ = hand + בול = overflow
כון KWN establish / prepare / honest / right
‘carry… add to… ahead’
כן KN right / honest
מכונה MKWNH stand
מכון MKWN fixed place
כוס KWS cup
‘vessel… add… divisions (portions)’
כזב KZB lie / falsehood
כ = carry + וזב = guilt (or burden)
– refers to the reason for lying.
כחד KChD hide
‘vessel… separate… path through’
– refers to something that isn’t out in the open (path through).
כחש KChSh deceive / deny
‘vessel… separate… doubles’
– perhaps describes making use of two similar vessels to fool people with.
or: ‘vessel… separate… fill’
כי KY that
‘carry… bring’
– for example: ‘he saw that (it was) good’ means ‘he saw carry bring good’.
כיור KYWR basin / pot / laver
‘vessel… bring… add… body’
ככה KKH thus
כ = as like + כה = announce
– as like what has been revealed.
ככר KKR round / valley
‘like… palm… man’
כל KL end / complete / finish / all
‘vessel (or carry)… extending’
– the furthest extremity of a vessel is it’s end.
כלא KLA stop / restrain / prison
כל = end + א = source
– first occurs in Genesis 8:2 in the Flood Story when God restrained the rain.
כלב KLB dog
‘carry… far reaching… devotion’
כלה KLH complete / finished / utensil / weapon / destruction
כל = all + ה = be
כליה KLYH kidneys
כלל KLL complete / perfect
כל = all + ל = far reaching
– the whole entirety.
כלה KLH daugther-in-law / bride
כלם KLM insult / be humiliated
‘hand… far reaching… physical’
– to strike over a long distance (with words).
כן KN thus / so / base
‘as like… ahead’
– ‘as like’ is a comparison meaning ‘similar’. Therefore, for example: ‘it should be thus’ means ‘it should be as like ahead’ or ‘it should be similar ahead’.
כנור KNWR kinnor / harp
כ = vessel (or carry) + נור = shine
– perhaps refers to light reflecting off the strings.
or: ‘carry… emerging… add to… man’
– perhaps referring to musical accompaniment.
כנס KNS gather
‘hand… emerging… pieces’
כנע KNO kneel / humbled / subdued
‘vessel… emerging… seen’
– describes the action of returning from kneeling.
כנען KNON Canaan
כנע = kneel + ן = ahead
– Noah cursed the descendants of Canaan to forever be servants.
כנף KNPh wing
‘carry… emerging… wind’
כסא KSA throne
כסות = covering + א = source
– it is possible that the letter א which originally depicted a bull actually represented the pagan rulers of the Canaanites or Egyptians. Both drew associations between their royalty and bulls.
כסה KSH cover
– from כסות meaning ‘a covering’.
כסות KSWTh garment / clothes / covering
‘carry… pieces… add to… together’
כסל KSL fat / fool / stupid
for ‘fat’:
‘vessel… pieces… extending’
for ‘stupid / fool’:
or: ‘carry… divisions… far reaching’
כסף KSPh money / silver
‘carry… pieces… turn (change)’
כען KON now (*Aramaic)
כעיס KOYS express anger
‘hand… seen… make… pieces’
כעס KOS provoke / angry / troubled
כף KPh palm of hand / sole of foot
‘as like… corner’
– the Proto Sinaitic pictograph from which the Hebrew letter Pe ף evolved originally depicted a literal ‘corner’.
כפיר KPhYR young lion
unknown
כפר KPhR cover / atone / ransom
‘carry… breath… body’
– refers to cracks. First occurs in Genesis 6:14 where God instructs Noah to cover the ark inside and out with pitch.
כפרת KPhRTh mercy seat
כפתר KPhThR capital (of a pillar) / plant bulb
‘vessel… turn… together… body’
כתר KThR enclose / surround
כר KR camel saddle / battering ram / lamb
‘carry… body’
כרב KRB cherub
כ = carry + רבה = many
– first occurs in Genesis 3:24. Note: psalm 18:10 portrays God riding a cherub.
כרה KRH to dig
‘hand… man… be’
כרם KRM vineyard
כרת = cut off + ם = physical
-perhaps describes the necessity of pruning grape vines in order to yield good fruit.
כרמל KRML fertile field
כרע KRO leg / bow down
‘carry… man… seen’
כרת KRTh remove / cut off / cut down
‘carry… body… together’
– first occurs in Genesis 9:11 referring to the floodwaters removing all flesh.
כשדי KShDY Chaldean
unknown
perhaps: כ = hand + שדי = field
– may refer to a link with agriculture.
כשל KShL totter / stumble
‘vessel… fill… extending’
– first occurs in Leviticus 26:37.
מכשול MKShWL stumbling block
כתב KThB write
‘carry… unite… devotion’
or: ‘hand… together… tent’
כתנת KThNTh tunic
‘carry… together… ahead… united’
– appears to describe a front opening garment.
כתף KThPh side / shoulder
‘vessel… together… turn’
When a vessel is together with a turn, its ‘side’ is seen.
– first occurs Exodus 27:14.
כתת KThTh beat / crush
‘vessel… unite… together’
– refers to striking a ‘vessel’ with a ‘vessel’.
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Purple = Words constructed with root words + letter meanings.
Brown Italics = Related words with meanings derived via logic, context or unknown.
Brown Bold = Words derived via grammar rules.
Red = Unknown word construction.
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