Dish כַּף

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Apr 30, 2026 · 3m

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 placed the cup in Pharaoh's כַּ֥ף hand. Judges 14:8-9 he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion…