Leviticus 16:32:1Lev.16.32.W1TAB
וְכִפֶּ֨ר
vekipper
“shall make atonement”
- Transliteration
- ve-kip-PER
- Extended
- veh-kihp-PEHR
- IPA
- /və.kipˈpɛr/
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-kip-PER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE et-ya-DO le-ka-HEN TA-khat a-VIV
- sentence
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE et-ya-DO le-ka-HEN TA-khat a-VIV ve-la-VASH eht-big-DEE ha-BAD big-DEE ha-KO-desh
Exegesis
vechipper {וְכִפֶּר | wə-ḵip̄er} ‘and he will make atonement’ functions as a vav-consecutive verb, establishing the central action of the priest (hakohen {הַכֹּהֵן | hak-kō-hēn}).
Root and etymology
כ- פ- רk-p-r
“cover, atone”
In context — Leviticus 16:32
And the priest who is anointed and ordained to serve in place of his father shall make atonement, and he shall put on the linen garments .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:32, so the Hebrew word וְכִפֶּ֨ר (vekipper) 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.16.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.32.W1.S1) and character.