kfar
Pronunciations
| kfar | (KFAHR) | listen |
Definitions
n. A village.
Example Sentences
"A Rabbi of a kfar in Israel said over, there was a time when I was taking a group of tourists from South Africa in Israel during the Ben Hametzarim, the days after the 17th of Tamuz leading to Tisha B’av." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
כְּפָר kfar
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
cfar, kvar
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