Numbers 15:25:1Num.15.25.W1TAB
וְכִפֶּ֣ר
vekiper
“and shall make atonement”
- Transliteration
- ve-ki-PER
- Extended
- veh-ki-PEHR
- IPA
- /vəkipˈpeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall make atonement
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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 ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-nis-LAKH la-HEM
- sentence
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-nis-LAKH la-HEM ki-she-ga-GAH hu ve-HEM he-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khat-ta-TAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-shig-ga-TAM
Exegesis
The opening ve-kipper {וְכִפֶּ֣ר | wə-ḵip̄-pēr} ‘and he will make atonement’ uses the sequential vav conjunction to introduce the priest’s action.
Root and etymology
k-p-rkaf-pe-resh
“to atone”
In context — Numbers 15:25
And the priest will make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and it will be forgiven to them, for it was an unintentional error , and they have presented their offerings—a fire offering to the LORD —and their sin offering before the LORD for their error.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:25, so the Hebrew word וְכִפֶּ֣ר (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 Num.15.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.25.W1.S1) and character.