Numbers 16:47:14Num.16.47.W14TABWLC Numbers 17:12
וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר
vayekhaper
“and made atonement”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kha-PER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khah-PEHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hakˈtoːrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and made atonement
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-kha-PER
- clause
va-yi-TEN et-hak-to-RET va-ye-kha-PER al-ha-AM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER di-BER-MO-sheh va-ya-RATS el-TOKH ha-ka-HAL ve-hi-NEH he-KHEL ha-NE-gef ba-AM va-yi-TEN et-hak-to-RET va-ye-kha-PER al-ha-AM
Exegesis
The narrative employs a series of vav-consecutive verbs (vayikach {וַיִּקַּח | văyyiqqaḥ}, vayarats {וַיָּרָץ | văyyārāṣ}, vayiten {וַיִּתֵּן | văyyītēn}, vayekaper {וַיְכַפֵּר | văyyəḵappēr}) that drive the action forward.
The sequence et ha-ketoret vayyekaper al ha-am {אֶת־הַקְּטֹרֶת וַיְכַפֵּר עַל־הָעָם | ʾet haqqəṭôrēt văyyəḵappēr ʿal hāʿām} utilizes sacrificial language to depict ritual intervention for communal salvation.
Root and etymology
Rootk-p-r
“cover, atone”
In context — Numbers 16:47
And Aaron took it just as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly ; and behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he placed the incense and made atonement for the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:47:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 16:47, so the Hebrew word וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר (vayekhaper) 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.16.47.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.47.W14.S1) and character.