how to say “to duplicate” in Hebrew
לְשַׁכְפֵּל
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Suppose you need to create a new key for your front door – a child has come of age, a roommate has moved in, perhaps a significant other.
To duplicate something, in Hebrew, is לְשַׁכְפֵּל (leh-shahkh-PEL). For example, אֲנִי צָרִיך לְשַׁכְפֵּל אֶת הַמַּפְתֵּח – I need to duplicate the key (ah-NEE tsah-REEKH leh-shahkh-PEL et hah-mahf-TEH-ahkh).
The root is ש.כ.פ.ל (sh.k.p.l), which derives from the properly-Semitic three-letter root, כ.פ.ל (k.p.l), the concept of doubling. I like to call such a derivative root a “super שׁוֹרֵש (SHOH-resh)” – a “super root.”
