Leviticus 16:10:10Lev.16.10.W10TAB
לְכַפֵּ֣ר
lekaper
“to make atonement”
- Transliteration
- le-ka-PER
- Extended
- leh-kah-PEHR
- IPA
- /lə.kap.ˈpeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make atonement
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ka-PER
- phraseyour reading level
le-ka-PER a-LAV
- clause
veh-has-sa-IR a-SHER a-LA a-LAV ha-go-RAL la-a-za-ZEL ya-oh-mad-KHAI lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV
- sentence
veh-has-sa-IR a-SHER a-LA a-LAV ha-go-RAL la-a-za-ZEL ya-oh-mad-KHAI lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV le-sha-LAKH o-TO la-a-za-ZEL ha-mid-ba-RAH
Exegesis
Two purpose clauses follow: lə-kappēr {לְכַפֵּר | lə-kap-pēr} ‘to make atonement’ and lə-šallēaḥ {לְשַׁלַּח | lə-šal-lē-aḥ} ‘to send.’
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–pe–resh
“to cover, atone”
In context — Leviticus 16:10
But the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the LORD in order to make atonement over it and send it into the wilderness to Azazel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 16:10, so the Hebrew word לְכַפֵּ֣ר (lekaper) 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.16.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.10.W10.S1) and character.