Yeled kafot (ילד כאפות) means whipping boy in Hebrew.
It can also mean punching bag. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יֶלֶד כַּפוֹת
yeled kafot
noun · masculine
In English
whipping boy, punching bag
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Yeled kafot.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1סלנגכינוי גנאי לילד או לנער שחבריו מרבים להכותו, לעלוב בו ולהשפילו, והוא אינו משיב.
- 2בהשאלהאדם או גוף שהכול תוקפים ומבקרים אותו ללא הרף, והוא אינו משיב.
The word Yeled kafot is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יֶלֶד כַּפוֹת
- Written without vowel points
- ילד כאפות
- Said
- yeled kafot
- Root
- י־ל־ד
- Plural
- יַלְדֵי כַּפוֹת
- Feminine form
- יַלְדַּת כַּפוֹת
- Inflections
- נ' יַלְדַּת כַּפוֹת; ר' יַלְדֵי כַּפוֹת
- Gematria
- 551
This is how Yeled kafot is said in other languages.
- English
- whipping boy, punching bag
The word Yeled kafot comes from the root י־ל־ד, like these words.
These words come before and after Yeled kafot in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yeled kafot.
What does Yeled kafot (ילד כאפות) mean in Hebrew?
Yeled kafot (ילד כאפות) means whipping boy and punching bag. It is said yeled kafot, with the stress on ye.
Is Yeled kafot (ילד כאפות) masculine or feminine?
The word Yeled kafot (ילד כאפות) is a masculine noun, and its plural is יַלְדֵי כַּפוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ילד כפות of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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