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- DictionaryYom Kip·pur/ˌyôm kiˈpo͝or/
noun
- 1. the most solemn religious fast of the Jewish year, the last of the ten days of penitence that begin with Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year).
Mishnaic Hebrew
- Jewish holiday, 1854, from Mishnaic Hebrew yom kippur (in Biblical Hebrew, yom kippurim), literally "day of atonement," from yom "day" + kippur "atonement, expiation."
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1580s, "the divine Word, second person of the Christian Trinity," from Greek logos "word, speech, statement, discourse," also "a computation, account," also "reason, judgment, understanding," from PIE *log-o-, suffixed form of root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather," with derivatives.
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Yom Kippur 뜻: 욤 키푸르; 유대교의 휴일, 1854년, 미슈나 히브리어 yom kippur 에서...
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Yom Kippur Festa ebraica, del 1854, da Mishnaic Hebrew yom...
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mid-14c., nouel, nowel, "pillar from which steps of a...
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The initial Hebrew meaning of the root ‘K-P-R’ {כ-פ-ר} – which ‘Yom Kippur’ comes from – actually means ‘to cover’ and can be found in the original Hebrew name for the ‘Mercy Seat’ of the ‘Ark of the Covenant’ which is called in the Hebrew Bible ‘Kaporet’ {כפורת} (‘covering’).
Yom Kippur (/ ˌ j ɒ m k ɪ ˈ p ʊər, ˌ j ɔː m ˈ k ɪ p ər, ˌ j oʊ m-/ YAHM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר Yōm Kīppūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. ' Day of Atonement ') is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and Samaritanism.
Sep 10, 2014 · Meaning. Day Of Atonement (s) Etymology. From (1) the noun יום ( yom ), day, and (2) the plural noun כפרים ( kippurim ), atonements. Related names. • Via כפר ( kapar ): Capernaum, Caphtor, Caphtorim, Chephar-ammoni, Chephirah, Chephirim, Cyprus. 🔽 The name Yom Kippur in the Bible. 🔽 Etymology of the name Yom Kippur. 🔽 Yom Kippur meaning.
While most of the holidays originating in the Bible have their logical place on the agricultural calendar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur do not necessarily fit that mold. The rabbis tell us that the 10 th of Tishrei was the day on which Moses completed and brought down the second set of commandments from Sinai, signifying that God had granted ...
Yom Kippur, observed on the 10th day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, is a day of fasting, prayer, and asking G‑d and our peers for forgiveness. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement.” It is interesting to note that the original name, as recorded in the Torah, is Yom Hakippurim, which means pretty much the same thing in a slightly different form.
Origins. Yom Kippur, which dates from biblical times, is referenced in three separate passages in the Torah . The Torah refers to Yom Kippur as Shabbat Shabbaton, “a Sabbath of complete rest,” while the Talmud denotes Yom Kippur simply as Yoma, “The Day.”
