כיפר

Hebrew
Root
כ־פ־ר‎

Etymology

From a Proto-Semitic root, cognate with Arabic كَفَّرَ‎ (kaffara, “to cover, expiate, forgive”).

Verb

כיפר \ כִּפֵּר • (kipér) (pi'el construction, future יְכַפֵּר‎, passive counterpart כופר \ כֻּפַּר‎)

  1. to cover
  2. to pardon sin, forgive
  3. to obtain forgiveness
    1. to expiate an offense
    2. to make expiation for an offender, to free from charge
    3. to appease one who has been injured, e.g. by paying a fee

Conjugation
Conjugation of כיפר \ כִּפֵּר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כיפרתי \ כִּפַּרְתִּי‎כיפרנו \ כִּפַּרְנוּ‎
second כיפרת \ כִּפַּרְתָּ‎כיפרת \ כִּפַּרְתְּ‎כיפרתם \ כִּפַּרְתֶּם‎כיפרתן \ כִּפַּרְתֶּן‎
third כיפר \ כִּפֵּרכיפרה \ כִּפְּרָה‎כיפרו \ כִּפְּרוּ‎
present מְכַפֵּר‎מְכַפֶּרֶת‎מְכַפְּרִים‎מְכַפְּרוֹת‎
future first אֲכַפֵּר‎נְכַפֵּר‎
second תְּכַפֵּר‎תְּכַפְּרִי‎תְּכַפְּרוּ‎תְּכַפֵּרְנָה‎1
third יְכַפֵּר‎תְּכַפֵּר‎יְכַפְּרוּ‎תְּכַפֵּרְנָה‎1
imperative כַּפֵּר‎כַּפְּרִי‎כַּפְּרוּ‎כַּפֵּרְנָה‎1
notes
  1. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.
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