כפור

Hebrew

Root
כ־פ־ר (k-p-r)
7 terms

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkfoːr/ [kʰaˈfoːʀ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kəˈfør/ [kʰæˈføːr], [kʰæˈfeːr]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /keˈfor/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkfoːr/, /ˈkfojr/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkfor/

Noun

כְּפוֹר • (k'fór) m

1. frost (cover of ice)
   • Tanach, Psalms 147:16, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     הַנֹּתֵן שֶׁלֶג כַּצָּמֶר; כְּפוֹר כָּאֵפֶר יְפַזֵּר.

     hanotén shéleg katsémer; k'for ka'éfer y'fazér.

     He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.

Noun

כִּפּוּר • (kipúr) m (plural indefinite כִּפּוּרִים, singular construct כִּפּוּר־, plural construct כִּפּוּרֵי־)

1. defective spelling of כיפור.

References

• “כפור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כפור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he