כפר

Aramaic

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of כְּפַר

		masculine singular	feminine singular	masculine plural	feminine plural
past	first person	כִּפְרֵת		כְּפַ֫רְנָא
	second person	כְּפַרְתְּ	כְּפַרְתִּי	כְּפַרְתּוּן	כְּפַרתֵּן
	third person	כְּפַר	כִּפְרַת	כְּפַ֫רוּ
present	all persons	כָּפֵר	כָּפְרָה	כָּפְרִין	כָּפְרָן
future	first person	אֶכְפֻּר		נִכְפֻּר
	second person	תִּכְפֻּר	תִּכְפֻּרִין	תִּכְפֻּרוּן	תִּכְפֻּרָן
	third person	יִכְפֻּר	תִּכְפֻּר	יִכְפְּרוּן	יִכְפְּרָן
imperative	second person	כְּפֻר	כְּפֻ֫רִי	כְּפֻרוּ	כְּפֻרָה

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)
7 terms

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”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

כְּפָר

כְּפָר • (k'far) m (plural indefinite כְּפָרִים, singular construct כְּפַר־, plural construct כְּפָרֵי־)

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

Declension

Declension of כְּפָר

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	כְּפָר	first	כְּפָרִי		כְּפָרֵנוּ
	definite	הַכְּפָר	second	כְּפָרְךָ	כְּפָרֵךְ	כְּפַרְכֶם	כְּפַרְכֶן
	construct	כְּפַר־	third	כְּפָרוֹ	כְּפָרָהּ	כְּפָרָם	כְּפָרָן
plural	indefinite	כְּפָרִים	first	כפריי / כְּפָרַי		כְּפָרֵינוּ
	definite	הַכְּפָרִים	second	כְּפָרֶיךָ	כפרייך / כְּפָרַיִךְ	כְּפָרֵיכֶם	כְּפָרֵיכֶן
	construct	כְּפָרֵי־	third	כְּפָרָיו	כְּפָרֶיהָ	כְּפָרֵיהֶם	כְּפָרֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• כפר סבא (“Kfar Saba”)

See also

• עִיר f (ir)
• עִירוֹנִי m (ironí)

References

• H3723 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Wagner, Max (1966), Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, pages 66–67
• "כפר" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כפר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Verb

כִּפֵּר • (kipér) (pi'el construction)

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

Noun

כֹּפֶר • (kófer) m

1. defective spelling of כּוֹפֶר (kófer, “henna”)
   • Tanach, Genesis 6:14:
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 1:14:
2. alternative form of כְּפָר (k'far, “village”)
   • Tanach, 1 Samuel 6:18:

References

• H3724 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible