how to say “to orbit” and “to encircle” in Hebrew
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לְהַקִּיף
I’m shying away from doing work during this סֻכּוֹת 
listen and repeat (Sukkot) festival, so you’ve been seeing fewer doses of Hebrew. But here’s a word that’s so timely I want to teach it to you now.
listen and repeat (Sukkot) festival, so you’ve been seeing fewer doses of Hebrew. But here’s a word that’s so timely I want to teach it to you now.
To orbit or to encircle is לְהַקִּיף listen and repeat. Its an active-causative verb whose root is נ.ק.פ (n.k.p) meaning to pass time: when something orbits an object, it passes that object in both space and time.
listen and repeat. Its an active-causative verb whose root is נ.ק.פ (n.k.p) meaning to pass time: when something orbits an object, it passes that object in both space and time.For example:
כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ מַקִּיף אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ.
Planet Earth orbits the sun.
and
בְּסֻכּוֹת הַכֹּהֲנִים הִקִּיפוּ אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בִּזְמַן בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.
On Sukkot the priests encircled the altar in the time of the Temple.
For example:
בְּשִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, יְהוּדִים רוֹקְדִים עִם סִפְרֵי תּוֹרָה בְּהַקָּפוֹת.
On Simhat Torah (literally, the joy of the Torah), Jews dance with Torah scrolls in rounds.
הקפה is also used to mean credit or deferred payment.
חַג שָׂמֵחַ!
Happy holiday!
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