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koph

or kof, qoph

[ kawf ]

noun

  1. the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. the uvular stop consonant sound represented by this letter.


koph

/ ɒ /

noun

  1. the 19th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ק) transliterated as q, and pronounced as a velar or uvular stop
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of koph1

From the Hebrew word ō
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of koph1

from Hebrew qoph; see qoph
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Dohman was injured and transported to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, as was Christopher L. Koph, 33, of Vancouver, a passenger in Dohman’s car.

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Following a weeklong hearing, Magistrate Judge Michael Merz rejected Ohio's use of certain sedatives in executions after the state changed its lethal injection process in October, said Kelly Koph, a spokeswoman for his office.

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I saw it best, along with the koph, which is, I suppose, much rarer, in the splendid bronze plates containing Locrian inscriptions, which are in the possession of Mr. Taylor’s heirs at Corfu.

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Apes are called, in Hebrew, koph, a word without an etymology in the Semitic languages, but nearly identical in sound with the Sanskrit name of ape, kapi.

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In the Chorok sector the Turks succeeded on May 13, 1916, in driving the Russian troops out of their positions on Mount Koph and in forcing them back in an easterly direction for a distance of from four to five miles.

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