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title: כִּפֻּרִים — atonement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּפֻּרִים (3725), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: atonement. BDB 1906: n.pl.abstr. atonement. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּפֻּרִים

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«כִּפֻּרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **atonement** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 3725 · **BDB:** כִּפֻּרִים

### Glosses

atonement(s) (7); of.atonement(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

atonement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3725/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pl.abstr. atonement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3725/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.abstr. atonement, only in P: הַטַּאת הַכּ׳ sin-offering of the atonement Ex 30:10; Nu 29:11; יוֹם (ה)כ׳ day of (the) atonement Lv 23:27, 28; 25:9; אֵיל הַכּ׳ Nu 5:8; עַל־הַכּ׳ Ex 29:36; כֶּסֶף הכ׳ Ex 30:16 money of atonement.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּפֻּרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3725/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 29:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.29.11/)

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שְׂעִיר־עִזִּ֥ים אֶחָ֖ד חַטָּ֑את מִלְּבַ֞ד חַטַּ֤את הַכִּפֻּרִים֙ וְעֹלַ֣ת הַתָּמִ֔יד וּמִנְחָתָ֖הּ וְנִסְכֵּיהֶֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* a.male.goat of.goats one a.sin.offering (from) besides the.sin.offering of.(the) atonement(s) and the.burnt.offering of.(the) continuity and its.grain offering and their.drink offerings

*JPS 1917:* one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings.

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[Leviticus 23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.28/)

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וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ בְּעֶ֖צֶם הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י י֤וֹם כִּפֻּרִים֙ ה֔וּא לְכַפֵּ֣ר עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and any work not you.will.do on the.substance of the.day (the) this (dm) \[is\].a.day of.atonement(s) it to make.atonement on yourselves before Yahweh God your

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

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