Jastrow: כַּפּוֹרֶת

כַּפּוֹרֶת, כַּפֹּרֶת f. (b. h.; v. preced.) [cover; in symbolical language place of atonement,] 1) cover of the Holy Ark. Sifra Vayikra, N’dabah, Par. 1, ch. II. Men. 27ᵇ אל פני הכ׳ up to the very front of the kapporeth, contrad. to מבית לפ׳ the room occupied by the k., Holy of Holies. Ib. מקדש שני דלא הוו ארון וכ׳ during the Second Temple when ark and cover no longer existed. Yoma 55ᵃ; a. e. —2) (= בית הכ׳) the innermost of the Temple, the Holy of Holies (מקדש הקדש). Shek. VI, 5; Tosef. ib. III, 1 זהב לַכַּ׳ (inscription on one of the offering boxes) ‘Gold for the k.,’ expl. ib. 6 עושין … ציפוי לבית קה"ק of these offerings were made gold foils for the inside of the Holy of Holies. Tosef. Tem. IV, 8 אין … אפי׳ לאחורי בית הכ׳ we dare not use it for gold foils even for the back wall of &c.; [Ar.: כְּפוֹרֶת plating for the Temple roof; comment. כְּפֹ׳ (collect. noun) vessels, v. כְּפוֹר II.]