Numbers 16:46:14Num.16.46.W14TABWLC Numbers 17:11
וְכַפֵּר
vekapehr
“and make atonement”
- Transliteration
- ve-ka-PEHR
- Extended
- veh-kah-PEHR
- IPA
- /vəkapˈpeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ka-PEHR
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-a-ha-RON KAKH et-ham-makh-TAH ve-TEN-a-lei-HA ESH me-AL-ham-miz-BE-akh ve-SIM ke-TO-ret ve-ho-LEKH me-he-RAH el-ha-e-DAH ve-ka-PEHR a-lei-HEM ki-ya-TSA ha-KE-tsef mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH he-khe-LAH ha-NE-gef
Exegesis
A sequence of vav-linked Qal imperatives—kach {קַח | qāḥ} ‘take’, u-ten {וּתְן | wə-ten} ‘and put’, ve-sim {וְשִׂם | wə-sîm} ‘and place’, ve-holech {וְהוֹלֵךְ | wə-hōlêk} ‘and go’, and ve-kapper {וְכַפֵּר | wə-kappēr} ‘and atone’—conveys urgent ritual action.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–pe–resh
“to atone”
In context — Numbers 16:46
And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer and put fire on it from the altar, add incense, and hurry to the congregation to make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out before the LORD ; the plague has begun.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:46:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 16:46, so the Hebrew word וְכַפֵּר (vekapehr) 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.16.46.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.46.W14.S1) and character.