Numbers 25:13:12Num.25.13.W12TAB
וַיְכַפֵּר
vayekhaper
“and made atonement”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kha-PER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kha-PEHR
- IPA
- /vajəxapˈpeːr/
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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Word in context
- word
va-ye-kha-PER
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH LO u-le-zar-O a-kha-ra-V be-REET ke-hu-NAT o-LAM TA-khat a-SHER ki-NE le-e-lo-HAIV va-ye-kha-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Vayekhaper {וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר | way-ḵap-pēr} ‘and he made atonement’ uses the Piel imperfect with vav-consecutive to underscore active reconciliation on behalf of al-benei Yisra’el {עַל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʼal-bə-nê yiś-rā-ʼēl} ‘for the sons of Israel’. The English structure preserves the Hebrew emphasis on inheritance, covenantal loyalty, and zeal-driven redemption.
Root and etymology
k-p-h-r
“to cover, atone”
In context — Numbers 25:13
And it shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and he made atonement for the children of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 25:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְכַפֵּר (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.25.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.13.W12.S1) and character.