כפר
Aramaic
References
- “kpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Hebrew
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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”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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כְּפָר
כְּפָר • (kfar) m (plural indefinite כְּפָרִים, singular construct כְּפַר־, plural construct כְּפָרֵי־)
- village
- – where in a place name כְּפַר, allegedly originally *כָּפָר
- Tanach, 1 Chronicles 27:25:– allegedly originally *כָּפָר
- – where corrupt כְּפִירִים is emended to *כָּפָר
Derived terms
- כְּפַר סָבָא (kfar sava)
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) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)
- defective spelling of כיפר (kippér, “to cover; to pardon”)
Noun
כֹּפֶר • (kṓp̄er) m
- defective spelling of כּוֹפֶר (kṓp̄er, “henna”)
- Tanach, Song of Songs 1:14:
- alternative form of כְּפָר (kp̄ār, “village”)
References
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