Hithpa. התכשר, Nithpa. נתכטשר to be expiated; to be
forgiven. R. Hash. 18a; Yeb. 105a (ref. to I Sam. III, 14)
וכ׳ מתכפר . . . בזבח through sacrifice . . it will not be ex-
piated, but it may be so by the study of the Law. Shebu.
12a בעליו שנתכפרו. . אשם an animal dedicated for a guilt-
offering...whose owner has otherwise obtained atonement;
(Tem. III, 3 וכ׳ שכפרו whose owner has procured atone-
ment &c.). Yoma 50b, a. e. המתכפר he for whose atone-
ment the animal is dedicated. Ib. 51b מתכפרין הצבור שאין
בו as the community is not to obtain forgiveness through
it (the bullock); a.fr. -- Y. Macc. II, 31d bot. ויתכפר. . . יעשה
לו let him repent and he shall be forgiven; Pesik. Shub.
p. 158b; Yalk. Ez. 358; Yalk. Ps. 702. Tanh. T'rum. 8 נתכ׳
להם they were forgiven; a. fr.
כפר ch. same, to deny, renounce. Targ. Jer. II, 27. Targ. Y. Lev. V, 21, sq.; a. fr. -B. Kam. 107a דנכפריה בעי בכוליה ed. (Ms. M. ליה דנכפר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) he would have liked to deny the whole of his indebtedness, כפריה דלא והאי and the reason why he did not do so. Ib. 105b קא ממונא ליה כ׳ through his denial he withholds from him value. M. Kat. 18b בה כפרת Ms. M. thou growest a disbeliever through it (when thy prayer is not answered; ed. בה׳ כ׳ thou renouncest the Lord); a. fr. Pa. כפר 1) to wipe out, efface. Targ. Prov. XXX, 20. -- B. Bath. 167aוכ ליה כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. מחקיה)he erased the hori- zontal lines of the Beth (v. ככא). Hull. 8b למיכפריה with which to wipe the knife off. Yeb. 115b כפר הוה מיכפר he would have obliterated the mark. Gitt. 56a וכ׳ לסורי ואתי and wants to wipe his hands off on this man (me), i. e. desires to put the responsibility on me; a. e. -- 2) to for. give, atone, procure forgiveness. Targ. Lev. XVI, 17; a. fr. -- Zeb. 6a וכ׳ מכפרא לא מקיבעא as a specially appointed offering it has no atoning effect, by iimplication it has; a. fr. Ithpe. אתכסר, איכ׳ 1) to be wiped out, obliterated. Targ. II Esth. III, 8. -- 2) to be forgiven, to be expiated. Ib. Targ. Deut. XXI, 8; a. fr. -Yoma 50bוכ מתכפרי בקביעותא(Ms. M. 2 מיכ׳) do they (the high priest's kindred and fellow priests) obtain forgiveness by special appointment(so as to be con- sidered fellow owners of the sacrific or by implication? Kerith. 24a חבריה באידך מיכפרנא my atonement shall be effected through the other animal; a. e.
כפר, v. כופר.
כפר m. (b. h.; כפר to be round, cmp. כברה, כוורת) [circle,] village, country town. Meg. I, 3 הרי מכאן פחות כ׳ זה if a place has less (than ten persons of leisure), it is considered a country place, opp. גדולה עיר. Hag. 13b v. יחזקאל. Eduy. II, 3; a. fr. -- Pl. כפרים. Meg. I, I, tu.; a. fr. [In compounds . . . כפר pr. n. pl., v. respective de- terminants.]
*כפרא m. (כפר) wipings, or covering, דודי כ׳ (read; דדודי) sediments of dye (or rust) of the kettles. B. Kam. 101a top (Rashi כופ׳), v. כוסbכט.
כפרא, כפרה, pr. n. pl., v. כופרה.
כפרה f. (כפר) atonement, expiation, expiatory ser- vice. Zeb. 8a וכ׳ כ׳ שתהא that the act of expiation (sprink- ling) be performed with the understanding that the sac- rifice is a sin-offering. Tosef. Yoma V (IV), 6, a. e. חלוקי, כ׳ v. חלק. -- Neg. II, 1 כפרתן אני my life be an expiato- ry sacrifice for them (an expression of love); Esth. R. to I, 11 ישראל של כ׳ [אני] איבו א״ר. Kidd. 31b (one re- porting an opinion of his deceased father must say) כד משכבו סרת הריני . .. so said my lord my father, may I be an expiation for his rest. Yoma 40b דמים כפרת atonement through blood; דברים כ׳ atonement by confession; a. fr. -- Pl. כפרות. Zeb. 52a (expl. Lev. XVI, 20) הכ׳ כל שלמו with this are all the acts of expiation(of the Day of Atonement) finished. Y. Shebu. I, 33a כ׳ מחלוקי about the classes of atonements (v. הלק). Gen. R. s. 44 לו הראה הכ׳ כל he show- ed him all expiatory sacrifices; Lev. R. s. 3; a. fr..
כפרוניא, v. כפרנא.
כפרוסאי m. pl., nom. gent. Kafruseans. Targ. Y. II Gen. X, 17 (h. text סיני), v. ארתוסייה.
כפרי pr. n. pl. Kafri in Babylonia. Kidd. 44b. Snh. 5a. B. Bath. 153a כופרי (Ms. M. כפרי׳ בי). B. Mets. 73a (Ms. H. כופרי); v. Berl. Geogr. p. 37, sq.
כפרן m. (כפר) denier, liar. Shebu. 41b כ׳ הוחזק he is presumed to be a liar (and cannot be sworn). lb. 42a; a. fr.
כפרנא, כופ׳ m. ch. =h. כפר, village. - Pl. פפרניא. כפרנין, כופ׳. Targ. Num. XXXII, 41, sq. (h. text חוות). -- Y. Ber. I, 2a, v. דקיק. Cant. R. to I, 5 (expl. בנות, Ez. XVI, 61) כופרנין country towns. --Targ. II Esth. IX, 19 כפרוניא (Var. כופרנאין).
כפרנות f. (v. כפרן) an obligation decreed in court over the defendant's denial. Y. Gitt. V, 46cbbot. שנעשית מלוה נשמטת אינה כ׳ בו (strike out בו) a loan which has been passed in court over the debtor's denial, does not fall under the law of prescription in the Sabbatical year; כ׳ נשמכת מלוה שנעשית a decreed obligation which has been converted into a loan (the defendant giving his note in settlement) is subject to prescription. Ib. [read;] מלוה וכ׳ כ׳ בעידית גובה כ׳ שנעשית a loan which has been passed &c. is collectible from the best class of landed property; a decreed obligation which has been converted into a. loan is collectible from the middle class &c.; Y. Shebi. X,39cכפרנית; ib. מלוה נעשית שהיא מלוה (read;שהיאוכ׳ כ׳).
כפרת, כפרתא, v. sub כפור׳.
כפש (cmp. כפף) to invert. כפושה מדה an invertible meastlre, a measure containing bwo uneven compartments separated by the bottom; כ׳ במדה מדד to deal unfairly, v. כפישה. Yeb. 107b וכ׳ לפיכך כ׳מדד במ׳... פישון Pishon . .. acted unfairly towards his wife, therefore the court dealt with him unfairly (against the rule). -- כפושה (sub. אשה) an ungainly woman, v. כפישה. [Tosef. Ohol. VI, 3 היתה כפושה, read; כפישה, v. R. S. to Ohol. V, 7.]
כפת (cmp. preced.) to twist, tie. Tam. IV, 1 היו לא וכ׳ כופתין they did not twist (tie together the four feet of) the lamb, opp. העקיד, v. עקד. Snh. 70b (ref. to Prov. XXXI, 1) וכ׳ אמו שכפתתו Ms. M. (ed. שכפאתו) his mother tied him to a post; Num. R. s. 10 כפפתו (corr. acc.). Par. III, 9 וכ׳ כפתוה they tied her (the red heifer) with a rope
