*kapar-: 'to cover, smear; to atone, purify' 1, 'to deny, renounce' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*kapar-
Meaning'to cover, smear; to atone, purify' 1, 'to deny, renounce' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewkipper (HALOT 493); kappōret (HALOT 495); kōper (HALOT 495)HALOT 493; HALOT 495gloss withheld
Arabickafara (HALOT 493); kaffārat (HALOT 495); kāfiru d-durūʕi 1 (LGz. 277)HALOT 493; HALOT 495; LGz. 277gloss withheld
Akkadiankapāru (HALOT 493)HALOT 493
Epigraphic South ArabianSab kfr (Biella 250) (Sabaweb lemma 4454)Biella 250; Sabaweb lemma 4454gloss withheld
AramaicKPR (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 531)Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 531gloss withheld
Punickpr 'wipe'Anderson–Moser 2024 root kpr
Syrian Aramaickpar 'wipe; deny, renounce' (Payne Smith 223)Payne Smith 223
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic kfr 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 81)Al-Jallad 2026 81gloss withheld
Geezkʷəfār, kufār 1 (LGz. 277)LGz. 277gloss withheld
Amharickufar 1 (LGz. 277)LGz. 277gloss withheld

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Notes

The kappōret bears the two cherubim (Exod 25:17–22; see 2996). Not K0100 *kapār- 'village'.

Updated 3 November 2026

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