Leviticus 16:17:6Lev.16.17.W6TAB
לְכַפֵּ֥ר
lekhaper
“to make atonement”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-PER
- Extended
- leh-khah-PEHR
- IPA
- /ləxapˈpeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make atonement
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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Word in context
- word
le-kha-PER
- phraseyour reading level
le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh
- clause
veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to
- sentence
veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to veh-kih-PEHR ba-a-DO oo-be-AD BEI-to oo-be-AD khol-ke-HAL yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The temporal-purpose clause be-bo’o lə-khap-pēr ba-qō-ḏeš {בְּבֹאוֹ לְכַפֵּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ | bə-bā-ʾō lə-ḵap-pēr ba-qō-ḏeš} ‘when he enters to make atonement in the holy place’, with the infinitive construct lə-ḵap-pēr ‘to atone’, outlines the high priest’s ritual action.
Root and etymology
p-r-rp-r-r
“bull”
In context — Leviticus 16:17
And no person shall be in the tent of meeting when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out, and he shall make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 16:17, so the Hebrew word לְכַפֵּ֥ר (lekhaper) 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.16.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.17.W6.S1) and character.