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kpr, kprˀ (kp̄ar, kap̄rā) n.m. village; tomb
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village
OA, Jud, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
Sf.3 a26↗ tlˀym wkpryh : GN and its villages ; XHev/Se 8.1↗ יהונתן בר עלי מן כפר ברו‏ : PN from the town of GN ; TgO Num21:32↗ וֻכבַשוּ כַפרָנַהָא וְתָרֵיך יָת אֲמוֹרָאָה דְתַמָן‏ : they conquered its villages and expelled the Amorites there ; PTBer 2.a:32[2]↗ כופרניא דקיקייא‏ : small villages ; GT Br Deut1:7↗ ולכל כופרנוי‏ : all its (surrounding) villages ; TN Lev25:31↗ כופרנייה"פרווילייה‏ ; ApocDan.42.25↗ ܘܩܘܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܟܦܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܒܢܘܪܐ ܢܐܩܕܘܢ‏ ; PJ Lev25:31↗ ובתי כופרניא דלית להון שור מקף חזור חזור‏ : the houses in villages that are without a wall all around
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as a part of geographical names
AECT.F .I↗ dnt zbdy mn kpr nbšmn : deed of PN from GN ; Mur 18 R:3↗ כפר סגנה‏ ; PTMas 49.d:29[2]↗ כפר חנניה‏ ; CPA Mark1:21↗ ܘܗܢܘܢ ܥ̈ܠܝܢ ܠܟܦܪ ܢܚܘܡ‏ ; OS LkSin4:31↗ ܠܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܓܠܝܠܐ‏
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sepulcher
Nabatean, Syr
NabTomb 3:4↗ wlˀ ršy ˀnwš lmktb bkprˀ dnh tqp klh wlˀ lmqbr bh ˀnwš : no one has the right to write any title deed on this sepulcher nor to bury anyone in it ; NabTomb 9:1↗ dnh kprˀ dy ˁbd ˁbdˁbdt br ˀrybs lnpšh wlwˀlt brth wlbny wˀlt dˀ wbnth wyldhm dy ytqbrwn bqbrˀ hw : this is the sepulcher which PN1 made for himself and for PN2 his daughter and for the sons of this PN2 and her daughters and their children who will be buried in that tomb ; OSI 2:7(3) ܟܦܪܐ ܠܐ ܝܗܘܐ ܠܗ‏
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plural JLA כפרנין ; LJLA כופרנין . Samalian seems to show a broken plural kpyr
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For discussion of the use instead of qbr for "sepulchre" see Healey, Mada'in Salih, p. 69, and note the cited passage wherein both terms are used, possibly with a slightly different meaning
For Samalian, see DNWSI s.v. kpyr.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 645[341]DJPA: 267bJastrow: 662J. Payne-Smith: 223Levy Ch-W: 1:383Tal Sam: 406aDNWSI: 531DISO: 126DCPA[Schulthess]: 184[97]DJA: 57b

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