כֹ֔פֶר

𐤊𐤐𐤓

khofer

ransom

from כָּפַר; properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price; bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.

H3724

Numbers 35:32 · Word #3

Lexicon H3724

Lemmaכֹּפֶר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤊𐤐𐤓
Transliterationkôpher
Strong'sH3724
In-contextransom

Morphology HNcmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H3724-02

covering-ransom

Rootכפר (k-p-r)
Core Meaningscovering, smearing, wiping over, atonement, ransom, appeasement
Semantic Rangeransom price, compensation payment, bribe, appeasement gift, pitch/bitumen (as covering substance), henna dye, village (as covered settlement).
Conceptual Significanceכֹּפֶר expresses the concept of covering over guilt or liability through a compensatory payment, forming a legal and theological bridge to the broader biblical theme of atonement (כפר) as the covering or removal of sin’s consequences.
Morphological NotesCommon masculine singular noun in the absolute state (HNcmsa). No pronominal suffix; functions as a singular substantive.
Rendering RationaleThe noun כֹּפֶר is a masculine singular absolute form derived from the root כפר, "to cover" or "to atone." "Covering-ransom" preserves the concrete root idea of covering over a debt or offense while reflecting its singular, masculine nominal form.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root כפר (covering, smearing, wiping over, atonement, ransom, appeasement)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3722-01 akhaperah Let me effect atoning-covering
bakefirim in the covered-villages
H3724-01 bakofer with the covering-pitch
H3722-02 bekhaperekha when you make atoning-covering
H3727-01 hakaporet the atonement-covering
H3725-01 hakipurim the atonement-coverings
hakofer the covering-dye plant
kafero his covering-price
H3715-01 kakefir like a cover-maned young lion
H3715-02 kakefirim like mane-covered young-lions
kefarim covering-plants
H3715-03 kefir a mane-covered young lion
H3716-01 kefirah the Covered-Village (fem. sing.)
H3715-04 kefireyha her mane-covered young lions
H3715-05 kefirim young-maned lions
kefor covering-frost
H3713-01 keforey covered goblets of
H3715-06 khefirim mane-covered young lions
H3715-07 kikhefir mane-covered young lion
H3724-03 kofer covering-price
H3722-03 lekhaper to effect covering-over (to atone)
H3713-02 likhefor for a covering-basin
H3722-04 tekhaper you will effect covering-over
H3722-05 tekhaperem you will cover-over them in atonement
H3722-06 tekhupar she shall be covered-over
H3713-03 ukhefor and a covering-bowl
H3713-04 ukheforey and cover-bowls of
H3722-07 ulekhaper and to effect atonement-covering
H3722-08 vayekhaper and he made covering-over
H3716-02 vehakefirah and the Lioness-Town
vekhafareta and you shall cover over
H3715-08 vekhakefir and like a mane-covered young lion
H3722-09 vekhaper and you (masculine singular) make atoning-covering
vekhikhefir and like a covered-maned young lion
H3722-10 vekhiparetahu and you shall make atoning-covering for him
H3722-11 vekhiper and he made atonement-covering
H3713-05 velikheforey and for the covering-bowls of
venikaper and it will be covered-over
H3722-12 yekhaper he will make atoning-covering
H3722-13 yekhupar he shall be covered-over (in atonement)
yitekaper he will atone himself

Word Usage (17 occurrences of H3724)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 6:14 בַּ/כֹּֽפֶר bakofer with pitch
Exodus 21:30 כֹּ֖פֶר kofer ransom
Exodus 30:12 כֹּ֧פֶר kofer ransom
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