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title: כַּפֹּרֶת — propitiatory · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּפֹּרֶת (3727), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: propitiatory. BDB 1906: propitiatory. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּפֹּרֶת

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«כַּפֹּרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **propitiatory** — 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:** 27 times · **Key:** 3727 · **BDB:** כַּפֹּרֶת

### Glosses

cover (20); the.atonement.cover (5); an.atonement.cover (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

propitiatory [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3727/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

propitiatory [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3727/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. propitiatory, late techn. word from כּפר cover over sin: the older explan. cover, lid has no justification in usage; 𝔊 ἱλαστήριον; only P: Ex 25:17, 18, 19, 20(×2), 21, 22; 26:34; 30:6; 31:7; 35:12; 37:6, 7, 8, 9(×2); 39:35; 40:20 Lv 16:2(×2), 13, 14(×2), 15(×2) Nu 7:89, and 1 Ch 28:11; it was a slab of gold 2 ½ cubits × 1 ½ c. placed on top of the ark of the testimony. On it, and a part of it, were two golden cherubim facing each other, whose outstretched wings came together above and constituted the throne of Yahweh. When the high priest entered the Holy of Holies on the day of atonement it was necessary that this highest place of atonement should be enveloped in a cloud of incense. The blood of the sin-offering of the atonement was then sprinkled on the face of and seven times before it. The temple proper, as distinguished from porch etc., was called בֵּית הַכּ׳ 1 Ch 28:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּפֹּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3727/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 39:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.35/)

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אֶת־אֲרֹ֥ן הָעֵדֻ֖ת וְאֶת־בַּדָּ֑יו וְאֵ֖ת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* (et) the.ark of the.testimony and (et) poles its and (et) the.atonement cover

*JPS 1917:* the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the ark-cover;

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[Exodus 26:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.34/)

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וְנָתַתָּ֙ אֶת־הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת עַ֖ל אֲר֣וֹן הָעֵדֻ֑ת בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.put (et) the.atonement cover on the.ark of the.testimony in the.holy.place of the.holy.places

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt put the ark-cover upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

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