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Deuteronomy 21:8
“Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3722 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
- Grammar
- כַּפֵּר֩ — verb Piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 103 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:14Genesis 32:21Exodus 29:33Exodus 29:36Exodus 29:37
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כָּפַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.