כפר (of foll.; orig. mng. dub., but most prob. cover, cf. Ar. Arabic cover, hide; < RS who thinks ofAram. כְּפַר, Syriac Pa. wash away, rub off, whence כִּפֶר, כִּפֶּר of washing away, obliteration of sin: NH כִּפֶּר Aram. כַּפֵּר and deriv.; Ar. Arabic an expiation (see RS OTJC 438; 2. 321 Now Arch il. 192 Dr Dt 425 Schmoller St. Kr. 1891, 205ff. LagBN230ff.)).
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