קפיצת הדרך

Hebrew

Etymology

From קְפִיצָה (k'fitsá, “jump, leap”) +‎ דֶּרֶךְ (dérech, “way, journey”), thus meaning "(the) shortening of the way."

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /k(e)fiˈt͡sat ha.ˈdeʁeχ/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qəfiːˈsˤaθ had.ˈdɛː.ʀ̟ɛχ/

Noun

קְפִיצַת הַדֶּרֶךְ • (qəp̄îṣáṯ haddéreḵ) f

Kefitzat haderech, miraculous travel between two distant places in a brief time

Descendants

→ English: Kwisatz Hadarakh