כּוֹפֶר II m. (b. h. כֹּפֶר; כָּפַר) indemnity, fine; [atonement.] B. Kam. IV, 5 משלם כ׳ must pay indemnity for a life lost. Ib. 40ᵃ חצי כ׳ half the assessed fine. Ib. כ׳ שלם אמר רחמנא וכ׳ the law (Ex. XXI, 30) speaks of a full indemnity (as an atonement) &c., v. next w.; a. fr.—Treat. Sof’rim XXI, 4 לשם כ׳ as an obligatory ransom, opp. לשם נדבה.—Pl. כּוֹפְרִין. B. Kam. l. c. חייבי כ׳ מאי how is it about seizing the property of those bound to pay indemnities?; a. fr.
כּוֹפֶר II
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כּוֹפֶר II m. (b. h. כֹּפֶר ; כָּפַר ) indemnity, fine ; [ atonement .] B. Kam. IV, 5 משלם כ׳ must pay indemnity for a life lost. Ib. 40ᵃ חצי כ׳ half…
References
- Jastrow, כֹּפֶר 1
- Jastrow, כָּפַר 1
- Mishnah Bava Kamma 4:5
- Bava Kamma 40a:15
- Bava Kamma 40a:16
- Exodus 21:30
- Jastrow, כּוּפְרָא I 1
- Tractate Soferim 21:4