Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3709
כַּף
kaphkaf
palm
192 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3709is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 30 of 39Old Testament books
- 117spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3709
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
The King James renders it: branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kaph is rendered "palm". It stands 192 times in the Hebrew text, across thirty books.
- Twenty of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 8:9But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
- The Greek text spells it 117 different ways.
The first use
But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
Genesis 8:9לְכַף־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirty of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- from hand of14
- a pan12
- hands my11
- hands his9
- hands your7
- a palm6
- palm of6
- soles of6
- palm his5
- palm my5
- the pans5
- and from hand of4
and 60 more, 192 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 192, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
117 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- כַּ֥ף17
- בְּכַף־6
- מִכַּ֥ף6
- כַּפֵּ֣י5
- כַּפָּ֖יו5
- מִכַּ֣ף5
- כַּ֣ף4
- כַּפּ֥וֹת4
- כַּפּ֣וֹת4
- מִכַּ֖ף4
- כָ֑ף3
- כַף־3
and 105 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)30HR/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)28HNcfsc
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular14HNcfdc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular12HNcfdc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)11HNcfpc
- noun · feminine singular9HNcfsa
- noun · feminine dual8HNcfda
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfdc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural5HTd/Ncfpa
Genesis
nine uses
But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
- לְכַף־lekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for sole of
Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
- כַּפַּ֖יkapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
- כַּפַּ֛יkapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
- בְּכַף־bekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in socket of
- כַּף־kaf-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: socket of
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
- כַּ֣ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: socket of
- בְּכַף־bekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in socket of
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palm of
Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palm of
Exodus
nine uses
“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
- בְּכַפּֽוֹ׃bekhapopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in hand his
Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
- כַּפַּ֖יkapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
- כַּפָּ֖יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
- וְכַפֹּתָ֗יוvekhapotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and pans its
Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- כַּפֵּ֣יkapeinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hands of
- כַּפֵּ֣יkapeinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hands of
and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
- כַפִּ֛יkhapinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palm my
Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
- כַּפִּ֔יkapinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palm my
He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
- כַּפֹּתָיו֙kapotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: pans its
Leviticus
fourteen uses
He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- כַּפֵּ֣יkapeinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palms of
- כַּפֵּ֣יkapeinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palms of
Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- כַּפֵּיהֶ֔םkapeihemnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: palms their
Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
- כַפּוֹ֙khaponoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palm his
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- כַּפָּ֗יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: paws its
Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palm of
dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
- כַּפּ֖וֹkaponoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palm his
And the priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
- כַּפּ֗וֹkaponoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palm his
The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
- כַּ֣ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palm of
Then the priest is to pour some of the oil into his left palm
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palm of
and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.
- כַּפּ֖וֹkaponoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palm his
The priest shall also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot—on the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.
- כַּפּ֗וֹkaponoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palm his
The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
- כַּ֣ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palm of
On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
- כַּפֹּ֣תkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fronds of
Numbers
twenty uses
Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.
- הַכַּפֹּת֙hakapotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pans
After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.
- כַּפֶּ֗יהָkapeihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: hands her
And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration.
- כַּפֵּ֣יkapeinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hands of
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pan
So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
- כַּפּ֥וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pans of
The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels.
- כַּפּ֨וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pans of
- הַכַּ֖ףhakafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pan
- הַכַּפּ֖וֹתhakapotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pans
Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
- כַּפָּ֑יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
Deuteronomy
six uses
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
- כַּף־kaf-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sole of
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- כַּֽף־kaf-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sole of
you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
- כַּפָּ֑הּkapahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: hand her
The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
- מִכַּ֥ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from sole of
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
- כַף־khaf-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sole of
Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
- לְכַף־lekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to sole of
Joshua
three uses
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
- כַּֽף־kaf-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sole of
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
- כַּפּ֣וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: soles of
When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
- כַּפּוֹת֙kapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: soles of
Judges
six uses
“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
- בְּכַף־bekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in hand of
The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
- מִכַּ֣ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
- הֲ֠כַףhakhafquestion particle + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ hand of
And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
- הֲ֠כַףhakhafquestion particle + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ hand of
When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
- בְכַפִּי֙vekhapipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in palm my
So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.
- כַּפָּ֗יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palms his
1 Samuel
five uses
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
- מִכַּ֥ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
- כַּפּ֣וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palms of
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
- בְכַפּ֜וֹvekhapopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in palm his
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- כַּ֥ףkafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hollow of
When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
- בְּכַפִּ֔יbekhapipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in palm my
2 Samuel
eight uses
For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
- מִכַּ֣ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
- מִכַּ֤ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from sole of
The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
- כַּפַּי֙kapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
- בְּכַפּ֗וֹbekhapopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in hand his
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
- מִכַּ֣ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
- מִכַּ֣ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- מִכַּ֥ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
- וּמִכַּ֥ףumikafconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from hand of
1 Kings
seven uses
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
- כַּפּ֥וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: soles of
the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- וְהַכַּפּ֥וֹתvehakkapotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the pans
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- כַּפָּ֖יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palms his
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- כַּפָּ֖יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palms his
Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
- וְכַפָּ֖יוvekhapavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and palms his
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
- כַף־khaf-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a palm of
On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
- כְּכַף־kekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like hand of
2 Kings
ten uses
Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
- וְכַפָּ֣יוvekhapavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and palms his
- כַּפָּ֔יוkapovnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: palms his
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
- וְכַפּ֥וֹתvekhapotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and palms of
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
- כָ֔ףkhafnoun · feminine singulartagged: a palm
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
- מִכַּ֣ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
- וּמִכַּף֙umikafconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from hand of
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- בְכַפּ֖וֹvekhapopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in palm his
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- בְּכַף־bekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with sole of
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- וּמִכַּ֤ףumikafconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from hand of
They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- הַכַּפּ֗וֹתhakapotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pans
1 Chronicles
one use
And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
- בְּכַפַּ֔יbekhapaipreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in hands my
2 Chronicles
seven uses
the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
- וְהַכַּפּ֥וֹתvehakkapotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the pans
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
- כַּפָּֽיו׃kapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- כַּפָּ֖יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- כַּפָּ֖יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
- וְכַפּ֔וֹתvekhapotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and pans
So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
- מִכַּ֖ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
- מִכַּ֖ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
Ezra
two uses
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.
- מִכַּ֥ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
- כַפַּ֖יkhapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palms my
Job
thirteen uses
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
- מִכַּ֥ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from sole of
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
- כַּפָּֽי׃kapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- כַּפֶּ֑יךָkapeikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: hands your
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
- כַּפֶּֽךָ׃kapekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: palms your
Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
- בְּכַפִּֽי׃bekhapipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in palm my
Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
- כַּ֭פְּךָkapekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: hand your
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- בְּכַפָּ֑יbekhapaipreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in hands my
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
- כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ פkapeikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: hands your
It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
- כַפֵּ֑ימוֹkhapeimovnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: hands their
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
- וְ֝כַ֗ףvekhafconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a hand
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗יuvekhapaiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and to hands my
He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
- כַּפַּ֥יִםkapayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: palms of hands
If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
- כַּפֶּ֑ךָkapekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: hands your
Psalms
twenty uses
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
- בְּכַפָּֽי׃bekhapaipreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in hands my
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- כַּ֭פָּיוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- כַפַּ֗יִםkhapayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: hands
I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
- כַּפָּ֑יkapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
- כַּ֝פֵּ֗ינוּkapeinunoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: hands our
Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
- כָ֑ףkhafnoun · feminine singulartagged: a palm
So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
- כַפָּֽי׃khapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
- מִכַּ֖ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
- כַּפָּֽי׃kapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
- כַּפָּ֣יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
- כַּ֝פָּ֗יוkapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
- כַפָּֽי׃khapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- כַּפַּ֥יִםkapayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: hands
Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
- כָ֑ףkhafnoun · feminine singulartagged: a palm
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
- כַפַּ֗יkhapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
- בְכַפִּ֣יvekhapipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in hand my
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- כַּ֭פֶּיךָkapeikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: hands your
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
- כַפּ֥וֹkhaponoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hand his
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
- כַּפֶּֽכָה׃kapekhahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: hand your
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- כַּ֝פַּ֗יkapainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hands my
Proverbs
nine uses
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
- כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃kapeikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: palms your
then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
- בְכַף־vekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in palm of
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- כַף־khaf-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a palm of
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- כָּ֑ףkafnoun · feminine singulartagged: a palm
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
- כָ֑ףkhafnoun · feminine singulartagged: of a palm
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
- כַּפֶּֽיהָ׃kapeihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: hands her
She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
- כַ֝פֶּ֗יהָkhapeihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: hands her
She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
- וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָvekhapeihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and palms her
She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
- כַּ֭פָּהּkapahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: palm her
Ecclesiastes
one use
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- כַ֖ףkhafnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hand of
Song of Solomon
one use
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
- כַּפּ֥וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: handles of
Isaiah
thirteen uses
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
- מִכַּף־mikaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from sole of
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- כַּפֵּיכֶ֗םkapeikhemnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: hands your
The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
- בְּכַפּ֖וֹbekhapopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in hand his
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- כַּפָּיו֙kapavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hands his
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- בְכַפּ֖וֹvekhapopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in palm his
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- בְּכַף־bekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with sole of
And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
- וּמִכַּ֤ףumikafconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from hand of
Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
- כַּפַּ֖יִםkapayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: palms of hands
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- כָֽף׃khafnoun · feminine singulartagged: a palm
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
- כַפֵּיכֶם֙khapeikhemnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: hands your
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
- בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃bekhapeihempreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in hands their
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- כַּפּ֥וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: soles of
You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
- בְּכַף־bekhaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in palm of
Jeremiah
five uses
For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
- כַּפֶּ֑יהָkapeihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: hands her
I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.
- בְּכַ֥ףbekhafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in hand
I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
- מִכַּ֥ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- הַכַּפּ֗וֹתhakapotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pans
The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
- הַכַּפּוֹת֙hakapotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pans
Lamentations
three uses
All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- כַּפַּ֙יִם֙kapayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: hands
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
- כַּפַּ֗יִךְkapayikhnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: hands your
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
- כַּפָּ֔יִםkapayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: palms
Ezekiel
twelve uses
Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.
- וְכַ֣ףvekhafconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and sole of
- כְּכַף֙kekhafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like sole of
This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
- בְכַפְּךָ֜vekhapekhapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: with hand your
The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
- בַּכָּ֑ףbakafpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the palm
‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
- כַּ֣ףkafnoun · feminine singulartagged: palm
- כָּ֑ףkafnoun · feminine singulartagged: palm
I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”
- כַפִּי֙khapinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palm my
- כַּפִּ֔יkapinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palm my
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.
- בַּכַּ֖ףbakafpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: by the hand
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
- כַפִּ֔יkhapinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: palm my
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
- בַכַּף֙vakafkhapreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: by the hand
and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
- כַּפּ֣וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: soles of
Daniel
one use
Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
- וְכַפּ֥וֹתvekhapotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and palms of
Jonah
one use
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
- בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃bekhapeihempreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in palms their
Micah
two uses
Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
- מִכַּ֖ףmikafpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- כַּפַּ֙יִם֙kapayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: both hands
Nahum
one use
There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
- כַף֙khafnoun · feminine singulartagged: a palm
Habakkuk
one use
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- מִכַּף־mikaf-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hand of
Haggai
one use
I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
- כַּפָּֽיִם׃ סkapayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: hands
Malachi
one use
Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- כַּפּ֣וֹתkapotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: soles of
The letters
Gematria 100· 820 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
