Numbers 15:28:1Num.15.28.W1TAB
וְכִפֶּ֣ר
vekiper
“and shall make atonement”
- Transliteration
- ve-ki-PER
- Extended
- veh-khi-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-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV ve-nis-LAKH LO
Exegesis
The verse employs a Vav-consecutive Piel Perfect in vekhipper {וְכִפֶּ֣ר | wə-kî-p̄ér} ‘and he shall make atonement’ to advance the priestly ritual in sequence.
Root and etymology
כ־פ־ר
“cover, atone”
In context — Numbers 15:28
And the priest shall make atonement for the person who sinned unintentionally, by sinning in error before the LORD , to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:28, 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.15.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.28.W1.S1) and character.