כפר

Aramaic

Verb

כְפַר • (kp̄ar) (future יִכְפַּר‎ (yiḵpar))

  1. to deny, to renounce
  2. to wipe out, to efface

Noun

כְּפַר • (kp̄ar) m

  1. absolute state of כַּפְרָא‎ (kap̄rā, “village; tomb”)

References

  • “kpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew

Root
כ־פ־ר‎ (k-p-r)

Etymology

(village): From Aramaic כַּפְרָא‎ / ܟܰܦܪܳܐ‎ (kap̄rā, “village, open town, unfortified town”), from Akkadian 𒅗𒀊𒊒 (kapru, “farm, village; a settlement outside of a city”), considered to be from the non-Akkadian “Mari language”, that is it is formed either in the unknown East Semitic or the unknown Amorite language spoken there. Compare Arabic كَفْر‎ (kafr, “village”).

Noun

.כְּפָר

כְּפָר • (kp̄ār) m (plural indefinite כְּפָרִים‎, singular construct כְּפַר־, plural construct כְּפָרֵי־‎)

  1. village
    • Joshua 18:24 – where in a place name כְּפַר, allegedly originally *כָּפָר
    • 1 Chronicles 27:25 – allegedly originally *כָּפָר
    • Nehemiah 6:2 – where corrupt כְּפִירִים is emended to *כָּפָר

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Verb

כִּפֵּר • (kippér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of כיפר‎ (kippér, “to cover; to pardon”)

Noun

כֹּפֶר • (kṓp̄er) m

  1. defective spelling of כּוֹפֶר‎ (kṓp̄er, “henna”)
  2. alternative form of כְּפָר (kp̄ār, “village”)

References

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