Kofer (כפר - the root K-F-R) is a Hebrew word, with several meanings: Kofer-nefesh. "The price of a life", "a ransom", compared to Teutonic Weregild. The poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the census, as described in Exodus 30:11-16. The spelling "כופר" (with the stress on the e, which stands for צירה which is a long vowel) can mean an unbeliever, similar to the Arabic kafir. The main meaning of the root כפר is "atone".
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- Kofer (כפר - the root K-F-R) is a Hebrew word, with several meanings: Kofer-nefesh. "The price of a life", "a ransom", compared to Teutonic Weregild. The poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the census, as described in Exodus 30:11-16. The spelling "כופר" (with the stress on the e, which stands for צירה which is a long vowel) can mean an unbeliever, similar to the Arabic kafir. The main meaning of the root כפר is "atone". For example, in יום כפור, the Day of Atonement.
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- Kofer (כפר - the root K-F-R) is a Hebrew word, with several meanings: Kofer-nefesh. "The price of a life", "a ransom", compared to Teutonic Weregild. The poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the census, as described in Exodus 30:11-16. The spelling "כופר" (with the stress on the e, which stands for צירה which is a long vowel) can mean an unbeliever, similar to the Arabic kafir. The main meaning of the root כפר is "atone".
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