Lexical Summary kippah: a branch, frond (of a palm tree) Original Word: כִּפָּהTransliteration: kippah Phonetic Spelling: (kip-paw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a branch, frond (of a palm tree) Meaning: a branch, frond (of a palm tree) Strong's Concordance branch Feminine of kaph; a leaf of a palm-tree -- branch. see HEBREW kaph Brown-Driver-Briggs H3712. kippah כִּמָּה noun feminine branch frond (probably of palm tree, compare כַּף 3d); — ׳כ Isaiah 9:13; 19:15 figurative of nobles, rulers (both opposed to אַגְמוֺן rush, i.e. high and low; "" וְזָנָב רֹאשׁ); with suffix כִּמָּתוֺ Job 15:32 (of wicked under figure of palm-tree). I. כפר (of following; original meaning dubious, but most probably cover, compare Arabic cover, hide; > RS who thinks of Aramaic כָפַר, Pa`el wash away, rub off whence כִּמֶּר כֹּפֶר of washing away, obliteration of sin: Late Hebrew כִּמֶּר, Aramaic כַּמֵּר and derive.; Arabic an expiation (see RSOTJC 438; 2. 381 Kn on Leviticus 4:20 RiBegr. Der Sühne Wecompare 335 f. SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 321 NowArchaeology ii, 192 DrDeut 425 SchmollerSt,Kr. 1891, 205 ff. LagBN 230 ff.)). **On original meaning compare now DrHast. DB PROPITIATION; also Assyrian kuppuru, purify (and derivatives takpirtu) ZimKAT 3. 601 f. MorgensternSin in Babylonian Religion (MVG 1905, 3) 44, 122. |
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