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Where does “אֵיפָה” come from?

אֵיפָה (Hebrew) comes from Egyptian jpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

Ancestry of “אֵיפָה”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianjptoipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4...
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “אֵיפָה”

  • ephah
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