Leviticus 16:11:6Lev.16.11.W6TAB
וְכִפֶּ֥ר
vekhiper
“shall make atonement”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-PER
- Extended
- veh-khih-PEHR
- IPA
- /wəxipˈpɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall 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
ve-khi-PER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khi-PER ba-a-DO
- clause
ve-hik-RIV a-ha-RON et-PAR ha-khat-TAT a-sher-LO ve-khi-PER ba-a-DO u-ve-AD BEE-to
- sentence
ve-hik-RIV a-ha-RON et-PAR ha-khat-TAT a-sher-LO ve-khi-PER ba-a-DO u-ve-AD BEE-to ve-sha-KHAT et-PAR ha-khat-TAT a-sher-LO
Exegesis
A parallel series follows with ve-kipper {וְכִפֶּר | wə-kip-per} ‘and he shall make atonement’ and wə-šā-ḥaṭ {וְשָׁחַ֛ט | wə-šā-ḥaṭ} ‘and he shall slaughter’, which structures the service in three sequential steps.
Root and etymology
k-p-rkaph-peh-resh
“to cover; effect atonement”
In context — Leviticus 16:11
And Aaron shall bring the bull for the sin offering which is for himself and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and he shall slaughter the bull for the sin offering which is for himself.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 16:11, so the Hebrew word וְכִפֶּ֥ר (vekhiper) 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.16.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.11.W6.S1) and character.