Leviticus 16:14:7Lev.16.14.W7TAB
הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת
hahkahpohret
“the mercy seat”
- Transliteration
- hah-kah-POH-ret
- Extended
- hah-kah-POH-ret
- IPA
- /hakkaˈpoːrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the mercy seat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hah-kah-POH-ret
- phraseyour reading level
ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret
- clause
veh-lah-KAKH mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret KED-mah
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret KED-mah veh-lif-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret yahz-ZEH sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM min-hah-DAAM beh-ets-bah-OH
Exegesis
The directional expression al-penei {עַל־פְּנֵ֥י | ʿal-pə-nê} ‘upon the face of’ and the noun hakapporet {הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת | hak-kap-pō-rēt} ‘the atonement cover’ locate the act precisely on the mercy seat, while the adverb qedmah {קֵ֑דְמָה | qēd-māh} ‘eastward’ orients the gesture toward the sanctuary entrance.
Root and etymology
כ־פ־ר
“to cover, atone”
In context — Leviticus 16:14
And he shall take from the blood of the bull and, with his finger , sprinkle it upon the face of the atonement cover , eastward; and before the atonement cover he shall sprinkle seven times from the blood with his finger.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 16:14, so the Hebrew word הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת (hahkahpohret) 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.16.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.14.W7.S1) and character.