Leviticus 16:24:13Lev.16.24.W13TAB

וְכִפֶּ֥ר

vekiper

“make atonement”

Transliteration: ve-ki-PER
Extended: veh-ki-PEHR
IPA: /vəkipˈpeːr/

Meaning by language

English: make atonement

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + כִ + פֶּ֥ר

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ve + ki + per

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vekiper

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-ki-PER
phraseyour reading level
ve-ki-PER ba-a-DO
clause
ve-ya-TSA ve-a-SA et-o-la-TOH ve-et-o-LAT ha-AM ve-ki-PER ba-a-DO u-ve-AD ha-AM
sentence
veh-RAH-KHATS et-be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim be-ma-KOM ka-DOSH ve-la-VASH et-be-ga-DAV ve-ya-TSA ve-a-SA et-o-la-TOH ve-et-o-LAT ha-AM ve-ki-PER ba-a-DO u-ve-AD ha-AM

Exegesis

The verse unfolds through a chain of vav consecutive verbs establishing procedure—verachats {וְרָחַץ | wə-rā-ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall wash’, velavash {וְלָבַשׁ | wə-lā-ḇaš} ‘and he shall put on’, veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and he shall go out’, veasah {וְעָשָׂה | wə-ʿā-śāʾ} ‘and he shall offer’, vekhipper {וְכִפֵּר | wə-kip-pēr} ‘and he shall make atonement’.

Root and etymology

“to cover, purge”

In context — Leviticus 16:24

And he shall wash his flesh in water in a holy place , and he shall put on his garments, and he shall go out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and he shall make atonement for himself and for the people.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 16:24, so the Hebrew word וְכִפֶּ֥ר (vekiper) 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.16.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.24.W13.S1) and character.

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