Leviticus 14:20:6Lev.14.20.W6TAB
וְכִפֶּ֥ר
vehkiper
“make atonement”
- Transliteration
- veh-ki-PER
- Extended
- veh-kih-PEHR
- IPA
- /və.kipˈpeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- make atonement
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ki-PER a-LAV
- clause
veh-ki-PER a-LAV ha-koh-HEN veh-ta-HER
- sentence
veh-heh-eh-LAH ha-koh-HEN eht-hah-oh-LAH veh-eht-hah-min-KHAAH ha-miz-BEH-khah veh-ki-PER a-LAV ha-koh-HEN veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The verse employs two coordinated vav-consecutive clauses with vehe‘elah {וְהֶעֱלָה | və-hĕ-ʿê-lāh} ‘and he shall offer up’ and vekipper {וְכִפֶּר | wə-kip-per} ‘and he shall make atonement’, linking the priest’s ritual actions.
Root and etymology
k-p-rKaph-Peh-Resh
“to cover”
In context — Leviticus 14:20
And the priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 14:20, so the Hebrew word וְכִפֶּ֥ר (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.14.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.20.W6.S1) and character.