July 31, 2026 Categories: Ktzat Ivrit
In Hebrew: 'Frozen'
קָפוּא 
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קפוא comes from the active-simple פָּעַל intransitive verb to freeze - לִקְפּוֹא.
For example:
הָאֲגָם קָפָא. The lake froze. and
קָפָאתִי מִקּוֹר. I froze from (the) cold. Mind you, that's to freeze - just to freeze. But to freeze something else - that's לְהַקְפִּיא, an active-causative הִפְעִיל transitive verb.
הָרוּחַ הִקְפִּיאָה אֶת הַמַּיִם הַמְּטַפְטְפִים. The wind froze the dripping water.
is a freezer.
Here's a song by Danny Sanderson with the word קפוא in it. Enjoy!
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