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Oh boy...the rabbit hole goes deeper! In ancient Egyptian texts and mythology, "kapash" (also spelled "khapash" or "khopesh") refers to a type of curved sword. The kapash/khopesh was depicted as a favored weapon of Egyptian gods like Montu and Amun. That's pretty foreboding given the poem haha....

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כפש is apparently Aramaic for the verb "to supplicate: to ask, pray, or make a request."

Kapash also seems like "capisci" in Italian: Understand?

::shrug::

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lol visions of the godfather saying kapish!!!

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Hi Rev. I think I might have an explanation for you, not sure if you'll agree with me but it might be interesting to you. After all my surname has a etymological similarity to Kapash. We might have a interesting dialogue.

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ooooh, sounds fascinating! I'll shoot you a message :)

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