arba kanfoth

[ Sephardic Hebrew ahr-bah kahn-fawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ahr-buh-kahn-fuhs ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew ɑrˈbɑ kɑnˈfɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈɑr bəˈkɑn fəs /

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a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.

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Also ar·ba kan·fot; Ashkenazic Hebrew, ar·ba kan·fos .

Also called tallith katan .

arbaʿ kənāphōth literally, four corners

Three of them do national service together in Kiryat Arba, a settlement nestled right next to the ancient city of Hebron.
Young Israeli Rightists Choose Between Ultra-Nationalists|Elisheva Goldberg|January 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sarah, too, appears to part ways with Abraham, since we are later told that he must travel to Kiryat Arba to bury her.
Isaac, Ishmael And Burying The Hatchet|Alana Suskin|September 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Figures 51 to 60 are varions representations of the union of the four, the arba, the androgyne, or the linga-yoni.
Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism|Thomas Inman
When a male dons the pallium in worship, he becomes the representative of the trinity in the unity, the arba, or mystic four.
Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism|Thomas Inman

Except for its great market back of its modern ugly mosque, there is not much to see in Arba.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets|Francis Miltoun
The nearest the camel caravans of the desert ever get to Algiers is at this little market town of Arba.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets|Francis Miltoun
Such people in the plural were styled Anakim; and one family of them were to be found at Kirjath-Arba.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant