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 • (kfar) 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

Derived terms

• כְּפַר סָבָא‎ (kfar sava)

See also

• עִיר‎ f (ʿī́r)
• עִירוֹנִי‎ m (ʿīrōnī́)

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

Further reading

• כפר‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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”)
   • Genesis 6:14
   • Song of Songs 1:14
2. alternative form of כְּפָר (kp̄ār, “village”)
   • 1 Samuel 6:18

References

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