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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Further reading

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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