Leviticus 14:19:4Lev.14.19.W4TAB
וְכִפֶּ֕ר
vehkiper
“{And} make atonement”
- Transliteration
- veh-ki-PER
- Extended
- veh-ki-PEHR
- IPA
- /və.kip.ˈpeːr/
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
veh-ki-PER
- clause
veh-a-SAA ha-ko-HEN ET-ha-khat-TAAT veh-ki-PER al-ha-mit-ta-HER mih-toom-ah-TO
- sentence
veh-a-SAA ha-ko-HEN ET-ha-khat-TAAT veh-ki-PER al-ha-mit-ta-HER mih-toom-ah-TO veh-a-KHAR yish-KHAT ET-ha-oh-LAH
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive ve-kipper {וְכִפֶּר | wə-kip-per} ‘and he shall make atonement’ links to ha-mitaher {הַמִּטַּהֵר | ha-mit-ta-hēr} ‘the one being cleansed’, where the Hitpael participle conveys ritual status.
Root and etymology
Rootk-p-r
“to cover, atone”
In context — Leviticus 14:19
And the priest shall offer the sin offering and shall make atonement for the one being cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall slaughter the burnt offering.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:19, so the Hebrew word וְכִפֶּ֕ר (vehkiper) 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.14.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.19.W4.S1) and character.