כִּמָּה noun feminine branch frond (probably of palm tree, compare כַּף 3d); — ׳כ Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 19:15 figurative of nobles, rulers (both opposed to אַגְמוֺן rush, i.e. high and low; "" רֹאשׁ וְזָנָב); with suffix כִּמָּתוֺ Job 15:32 (of wicked under figure of palm-tree).

I. כפר (of following; original meaning dubious, but most probably cover, compare Arabic cover, hide; > RS who thinks of Aramaic כָפַר, Pa`el wash away, rub off whence כֹּפֶר כִּמֶּר of washing away, obliteration of sin: Late Hebrew כִּמֶּר, Aramaic כַּמֵּר and derive.; Arabic an expiation (see RS^{OTJC 438; 2. 381} Kn on Leviticus 4:20 Ri^{Begr. Der Sühne} We^{compare 335 f.} Sm^{AT Rel. Geschichte. 321} Now^{Archaeology ii, 192} Dr^{Deut 425} Schmoller^{St,Kr. 1891, 205 ff.} Lag^{BN 230 ff.})). **On original meaning compare now Dr^{Hast. DB PROPITIATION}; also Assyrian kuppuru, purify (and derivatives takpirtu) Zim^{KAT 3. 601 f.} Morgenstern^{Sin in Babylonian Religion (MVG 1905, 3) 44, 122}.