how to say “doppelganger” (or “a double”) in Hebrew
כָּפִיל
At some point I decided I had better things to do, but for about half an hour last week I used an automated service to help me choose exactly whom among the celebrities I most resemble.
That’s because last week was Doppelganger week on the social networks.
A doppelganger, in the English of the Facebook era, is a person’s double. The Hebrew word for such a double is כָּפִיל for a male and כְּפִילָה for a female.
for a male and כְּפִילָה for a female. |
| כָּפִיל אוֹ פוֹטוֹשׁוֹפּ?
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For example:
אַתָּה יָכוֹל לִהְיוֹת הַכָּפִיל שֶׁלִּי.
You (a male) could be my double.
This Modern-Hebrew word כפיל originates in the Biblical-Hebrew root כ.פ.ל (k.p.l) meaning… double.