כַּפֹּרֶת
kap.po.ret (H3727)
mercy seat
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The Hebrew word כַּפֹּרֶת , transliterated as kap.po.ret, with Strong's number H3727, is primarily associated with the concept of a "mercy seat." As its definition and usage suggest, this term carries the significance of a place where emotions and attitudes related to mercy and forgiveness are centered. Its presence in the Bible, with a total of 27 occurrences, highlights its importance. The mercy seat is not merely a physical location but an idea and a symbol. It represents a space or a moment where divine mercy is extended, or human beings can express their desire for forgiveness. Its frequent appearances in the Bible underscore its significance in both the Old Testament ritual system (such as the Ark of the Covenant) and New Testament teaching on the forgiveness of sins. In the broader semantic domain of Emotion & Attitude, kap.po.ret speaks to the complex interplay between guilt, shame, and redemption. This term underscores the importance of emotions and attitudes in the human experience and serves as a reminder that forgiveness and mercy are integral components of a harmonious relationship between God and humanity.
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You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant in the most holy place.
You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,
the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.
He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat:
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
The cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
and Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
He shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the covenant, so that he will not die.
He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.
When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim; and he spoke to him.
Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;