כֹּפֶר
ko.pher
- ransom
- the price of a life
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: ransom
price of a life, ransom, bribe
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: the price of a life; ransom
Root √כפר: כפר כְּפַר כִּפֶר כִּפֶּר כִּפֶּר כַּפֵּר cover cover, hide wash away, rub off washing away, obliteration an expiation Arabic Syriac Arabic (of foll.; orig. mng. dub. but most prob. cf. Ar.; < RS who thinks ofAram. Pa. whence,ofof sin: NHAram.and deriv.; Ar.(see RS OTJC 438; 2. 321 Now Arch il. 192 Dr Dt 425 Schmoller St. Kr. 1891, 205ff. LagBN230ff.)).
כֹּפֶר n.m the price of a life ransom .