Kafil (כפיל) means double in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כָּפִיל
kafil
noun · masculine
In English
double
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Kafil.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כל אדם אשר יכול להופיע במקום אדם אחר, עימו הוא חולק דמיון חזותי, למטרות שונות.
The word Kafil is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כָּפִיל
- Written without vowel points
- כפיל
- Said
- kafil
- Root
- כ־פ־ל
- Pattern
- קָטִיל
- Plural
- כְּפִילִים
- Feminine form
- כְּפִילָה
- Inflections
- נ' כְּפִילָה, ר' כְּפִילִים, כְּפִילֵי־ נ"ר כְּפִילוֹת
- Gematria
- 140
This is how Kafil is said in other languages.
- English
- double
- Russian
- двойни́к
- French
- double, sosie
- Spanish
- doble, sosias
- German
- Doppelgänger, Double
These words rhyme with Kafil.
The word Kafil comes from the root כ־פ־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Kafil in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kafil.
What does Kafil (כפיל) mean in Hebrew?
Kafil (כפיל) means double. It is said kafil, with the stress on fil.
What rhymes with Kafil (כפיל)?
Words that rhyme with Kafil (כפיל) include צליל, גליל, גיל, רגיל, חיל, and אליל.
Is Kafil (כפיל) masculine or feminine?
The word Kafil (כפיל) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כְּפִילִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כפיל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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