On 28 Sep 98, at 21:47, Peter_Kirk AT sil.org wrote:
> However, Harris, Archer and Waltke reject this view and
> put forward an alternative, already implicit in BDB, that
> the basic form of the word is KOPER meaning "ransom", and
> the verbal forms (all Piel and Pual) are derived from
> this noun.
It seemed to me that the KPR-ing of Noah's ark was a qal
form.
> This versatile word also means "henna" or "village",
"Village" - K:PfR differs in its vowel pointing.
> But KUFR means> "unbelief" and KAFIR "unbeliever",
> perhaps derived from "cover" > "conceal" > "deny".
This usage is also present in Hebrew - KoWP"R is is an
unbeliever, or "one who denies"; it is usually expressed as
KoWP"R B:(iYKfR - one who denies an essential [doctrine of
belief].