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[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

וְנִכַּפֵּר the root is KPR, the act is KAPAR. The initial NI is the personal pronoun ANIY, 'self', (similar to the French reflexive pronoun 'se', or the German 'sich') identifying the receiver of the action as the blood. In my opinion the inner -E- is also a personal pronoun, a contracted היא HIY, also for the blood. 

The letter K is with a dagesh, as expected after a xiriq. Some would say that this dagesh is to mark a "missing" T of the hitpael form נִתכַּפֵּר The dagesh in the P is as expected after a patax.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jul 23, 2013, at 7:05 PM, David Kolinsky wrote:

Hello all:

I am a bit confused about the final use of the root KPR in Deut21:8.

If it is a Niphal (as the context suggests that it should be) shouldn't it be NeeKaPhaeR (N -hiriq- K -qamats- Ph -tsere- R)

    with a dagesh in the Kaf and no dagesh in the Peh?

The piel, which does not fit the context, would have a dagesh in the Peh and not in the Kaf.

If it is in fact a niphal, does any one know of another use of niphal with this root?

Thanks,

David Kolinsky

Monterey CA

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