Leviticus 14:18:9Lev.14.18.W9TAB
וְכִפֶּ֥ר
vekiper
“and make atonement”
- Transliteration
- ve-ki-PER
- Extended
- veh-kih-PEHR
- IPA
- /vəkipˈpeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and make atonement
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ki-PER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ki-PER a-LAV
- clause
ve-ki-PER a-LAV ha-ko-HEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-ha-noh-TAR ba-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yit-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER ve-ki-PER a-LAV ha-ko-HEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vəkiṯper {וְכִפֶּ֥ר | wə-kiṯ-per} ‘and he shall make atonement’ marks progression to the sacrificial function, with the beneficiary marked by ʿā-lāw {עָלָיו | ʿā-lāw} ‘for him’.
Root and etymology
k-p-rkaf-pey-resh
“cover, atone”
In context — Leviticus 14:18
And the remainder of the oil on the palm of the priest he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 14:18, so the Hebrew word וְכִפֶּ֥ר (vekiper) 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 Lev.14.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.18.W9.S1) and character.