# kaparah (כַּפָּרָה)

pronounced: ka-pa-RA


**Atonement — a covering and wiping away of guilt; in Israeli speech also a term of endearment, “my atonement”**

## In Scripture

> For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
> — Leviticus 17:11 (The root kipper explained by the Torah itself: atonement is made by blood, by reason of the life in it.)

> for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh.
> — Leviticus 16:30 (The verb on its own day: atonement made, and the people made clean before Yahweh.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/kaparah/