2 Samuel 21:3:82 Sam.21.3.W8TAB
אֲכַפֵּ֔ר
akapper
“shall I make atonement”
- Transliteration
- a-kap-PER
- Extended
- ah-kahp-PEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăxapˈpɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall I make atonement
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kap-PER
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-MA a-kap-PER
- clause
u-va-MA a-kap-PER u-va-re-KHU et-na-kha-LAT Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-giv-o-NIM MA e-e-SE la-KHEM u-va-MA a-kap-PER u-va-re-KHU et-na-kha-LAT Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verb akhaper {אֲכַפֵּר | ă·kap·per} ‘I shall atone’ is intensive (Piel), signaling active reconciliation.
Root and etymology
k-p-rkaf–pe–resh
“to cover, expiate, reconcile”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:3
And David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you, and with what shall I make atonement so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 21:3, so the Hebrew word אֲכַפֵּ֔ר (akapper) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.21.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.3.W8.S1) and character.