Leviticus 16:33:1Lev.16.33.W1TAB
וְכִפֶּר֙
vehkiper
“{And} he shall make atonement”
- Transliteration
- veh-ki-PER
- Extended
- veh-kih-PEHR
- IPA
- /vəkipˈpeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he 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
veh-ki-PER
- clause
veh-ki-PER et-mik-DASH ha-KO-desh veh-et-O-hel mo-ED veh-et-ha-miz-BEH-akh ye-ka-PER
- sentence
veh-ki-PER et-mik-DASH ha-KO-desh veh-et-O-hel mo-ED veh-et-ha-miz-BEH-akh ye-ka-PER veh-AL ha-ko-ha-NIM veh-AL-KAHL-AM ha-ka-HAL ye-ka-PER
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive verb form ve-kippēr {וְכִפֶּר | wə·kippēr} sequentially introduces objects marked by the particle et {אֶת־ | et}: sanctuary of holiness, tent of meeting, and altar, then shifts to recipients with the prepositional phrase ve-al {וְעַל | wə·ʿal}: the priests and the people of the assembly. This syntactic pattern of object pile followed by recipients delineates the scope of the ritual.
Root and etymology
Rootkaph-peh-resh
“to cover, atone, expiate”
In context — Leviticus 16:33
And he shall make atonement for the sanctuary of holiness, and for the tent of meeting, and for the altar; and he shall make atonement upon the priests and upon all the people of the assembly .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:33, so the Hebrew word וְכִפֶּר֙ (vehkiper) 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.16.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.33.W1.S1) and character.