כפר (kfr) — to cover / to ward off / to be annulled

11 Calamity will hit you and you won’t be able to charm it away.
⇔ ≈ Disaster will fall on you and you won’t be able to avoid it—
⇔ ≈ disaster like you’ve never known before will come on you suddenly.

OET-LV ISA 47:11

11 And_it _will _come on_you calamity which_not you _will _know to_charm _it _away and_it _will _fall on_you disaster which_not you _will _be _able to_cover _it and_it _will _come on_you suddenly devastation which_not you _will _know.

Jump to OET PRO 16:14 section.

Jump to OET ISA 47:11 section.

Sense 3: to be annulled

Semantic domains: Non-Endure (002002003002)

Definition: = process by which a certain condition comes to a sudden end

Forms: vbpual

Show passage in OET: ISA 28:18

OET-RV ISA 28:18

18 Then your agreement with death will be dissolved,
⇔ ≈ and your understanding with the grave will collapse.
⇔ When the overwhelming scourge comes past,
⇔ → you’ll all be overwhelmed by it.

OET-LV ISA 28:18

18 And_ covenant _of_your(pl) with death _it _will _be _annulled and_agreement _of_your(pl) with Shəʼōl not it _will _stand a _scourge overflowing if/because it _will _pass _by and_you(pl)_will _be to_him/it (into)_a_trampling _place.

Jump to OET ISA 28:18 section.

Sense 4: to cleanse, to purify

Semantic domains: Clean (002001001012)

Core domains: Ritual Contamination (147)

Definition: = causative action by which priests remove uncleanness from a sanctuary and its furnishings by performing the rituals that are required to achieve that, so that they can function again as they should

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: LEV 16:20

OET-RV LEV 16:20

20 When Aharon (Aaron) has finished purifying the sacred room, the sacred tent, and the altar, then he should present the live goat.

OET-LV LEV 16:20

20 And_he _will _finish from_making _atonement _for DOM the _holy_place and_DOM the _tent _of meeting and_DOM the_altar and_he _will _present DOM the _male_goat (the)_living.

Show passage in OET: LEV 16:33

OET-RV LEV 16:33

33 He will first purify the sacred room and the sacred tent, and the altar, and then make all the priests right with Yahweh and finally, the entire community.

OET-LV LEV 16:33

33 And_he _will _make _atonement _for DOM the _sanctuary _of (the)_holiness and_DOM the _tent _of meeting and_DOM the_altar he _will _make _atonement _for and_on the_priests and_on all _of the _people _of the _assembly he _will _make _atonement.

Jump to OET LEV 16:20 section.

Jump to OET LEV 16:33 section.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 16:20 · OET LEV 16:33

EZE: OET EZE 43:20 · OET EZE 43:26 · OET EZE 45:20

Sense 5: to cleanse, to purify

Semantic domains: Clean (002001001012)

Core domains: Ritual Contamination (147)

Definition: = causative action by which deities remove uncleanness and guilt from places and peoples

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: DEU 32:43

OET-RV DEU 32:43

43 You nations, need to appreciate his people,
⇔ because he’ll avenge the blood of his servants,
⇔ and he’ll return vengeance onto his enemies,
⇔ and then he’ll forgive his country—his people.”

OET-LV DEU 32:43

43 Make _shout _for _joy Oh _nations people _of_his if/because the _blood _of his _servants _of_his he _will _avenge and_vengeance he _will _return to_foes _of_his and_he _will _make _atonement _for land _of_his people _of_his.

Jump to OET DEU 32:43 section.

Sense 6: to forgive

Semantic domains: Innocent (002003003014)

Core domains: Responsibility (145); Behavior (017)

Definition: = action by which deities do not hold wrongdoers any longer responsible for certain actions, often as a result of an atonement ritual or a change in behavior of the guilty party

Forms: vbpiel; vbpual

Synonyms: מחה · סור

Show passage in OET: DEU 21:8

OET-RV DEU 21:8

8 Yahweh, forgive your Israeli people who you rescued from Mitsrayim (Egypt). Don’t count us as guilty for murdering an innocent person.”
§ When they do that, Yisrael (Israel) will be forgiven for that murder.

OET-LV DEU 21:8

8 Make _atonement for_people _of_your Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) which you _ransomed Oh_YHWH and_do _not put blood innocent in_the _midst _of your _people _of_your Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_it _will _be _atoned _for to/for_them the_blood.

Show passage in OET: CH2 30:18

OET-RV CH2 30:18

18 Although most of the people who’d travelled down from Efrayim (Ephraim), Menasheh (Manasseh), Yisakar (Issachar), and Zevulun hadn’t purified themselves, they ate the Passover food anyway despite the written instructions, because Hizkiyah (Hezekiah) had prayed to Yahweh for them, “May Yahweh, who is good, declare as innocent

OET-LV CH2 30:18

18 If/because the _greater _part _of the _people many _of from_ʼEfrayim and_Mənashsheh Issachar and_Zəⱱūlūn not they _had _purified _themselves if/because they _ate DOM the_passover with_not according_what _is_written if/because Ḩizqiy^yāh he _had _prayed on_them to_say YHWH (the)_good may _he _make _atonement for.

Jump to OET DEU 21:8 section.

Jump to OET CH2 30:18 section.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: OET DEU 21:8

CH2: OET CH2 30:18

PSA: OET PSA 65:3 · OET PSA 78:38 · OET PSA 79:9

PRO: OET PRO 16:6

ISA: OET ISA 6:7 · OET ISA 22:14 · OET ISA 27:9

JER: OET JER 18:23

EZE: OET EZE 16:63

DAN: OET DAN 9:24

Sense 7: to win forgiveness, to make amends

Semantic domains: Innocent (002003003014)

Core domains: Responsibility (145); Behavior (017)

Definition: = causative action by which humans make an effort to convince a wronged party to forgive the perpetrator

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: EXO 32:30

OET-RV EXO 32:30

30 The next day, Mosheh told the people, “You all have committed a terrible sin, but now I will go up to Yahweh—perhaps I can atone for your sin.”

OET-LV EXO 32:30

30 And_he/it _was from_the_next _day and_ Mosheh _he/it _said to the_people you(pl) you(pl)_have _sinned a _sin great and_now I _will _go _up to YHWH perhaps I _will _atone for sin _of_your(pl).

Show passage in OET: SA2 21:3

OET-RV SA2 21:3

3 “What can I do for all of you? How can I remedy what was done in the past so that you all would bless Yahweh’s people?”

OET-LV SA2 21:3

3 And_ Dāvid _he/it _said to the_Giⱱˊōnites what will _I _do to/for_you(pl) and_how will _I _make _amends and_bless DOM the _inheritance _of YHWH.

Jump to OET EXO 32:30 section.

Jump to OET SA2 21:3 section.

Sense 8: to appease

Semantic domains: Innocent (002003003014)

Core domains: Responsibility (145); Behavior (017)

Definition: literally: to cover (someone's) face = causative action by which humans make an effort to cause a wronged party to forgive them

Forms: vbpiel

Collocations: כפר פָּנֶה

Show passage in OET: GEN 32:21

OET-RV GEN 32:20

20 and also say, ‘Look, your servant Ya’akov is behind us.’ ” Ya’akov was thinking, “I’ll cheer him up with the gifts that are going ahead of me, and after that, when I see him in person, perhaps he’ll accept me.”

OET-LV GEN 32:21

21  And_you(pl)_will _say also THERE servant _of_your Yaˊₐqoⱱ is_behind_us if/because he _said I _will _cover face _of_his by_gift which_is_going before_me and_after thus I _will _see face _of_his perhaps he _will _lift _up face _of_my.

Jump to OET GEN 32:20 section.

Sense 9: to make atonement

Semantic domains: Innocent (002003003014)

Core domains: Responsibility (145); Behavior (017); Priesthood (132)

Definition: = causative action by which a priest performs the rituals that are required to remove guilt or uncleanness from people or objects, which usually requires a blood sacrifice, or another form of compensation

Forms: vbpiel; vbpual (passive); vbhit- (passive)

Show passage in OET: EXO 29:33

OET-RV EXO 29:33

33 They must eat those things used to make atonement for them and to consecrate them. No one else can eat them, because they’ve been made sacred.

OET-LV EXO 29:33

33 And_they _will _eat DOM_them which it _was _atoned (is)_in_them to_fill DOM hand _of_their to_consecrate DOM_them and_a _stranger not he _will _eat_them if/because are_a _holy _thing they.

Show passage in OET: EXO 29:36

OET-RV EXO 29:36

36 and each day you must sacrifice a bull to purify the altar and compensate for the altar’s imperfections. You must also anoint it each day with olive oil to make it sacred.

OET-LV EXO 29:36