כפר

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כפר

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(village): From Aramaic כַּפְרָא / ܟܰܦܪܳܐ (kap̄rā, “village, open town, unfortified town”), from Akkadian 𒅗𒀊𒊒 (kapru, “farm, village; a settlement outside of a city”), considered to be from the non-Akkadian “Mari language”, that is it is formed either in the unknown East Semitic or the unknown Amorite language spoken there. Compare Arabic كَفْر (kafr, “village”).

noun כְּפָר · k'far · כְּפָרִים · כְּפַר־ · כְּפָרֵי־

village

verb כִּפֵּר · kipér

construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of כיפר (kipér, “to cover; to pardon”)

noun כֹּפֶר · kófer

misspelling defective spelling of כּוֹפֶר (kófer, “henna”)
alternative alternative form of כְּפָר (k'far, “village”)

In English

country the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city
village a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town
deny to assert that something is not true

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"כפר." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%A4%D7%A8. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

כפר. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%A4%D7%A8

Chicago

"כפר." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%A4%D7%A8.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {כפר},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%A4%D7%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}