H3712. kippah
כִּמָּה noun feminine branch frond (probably of palm tree, compare כַּף 3d); — ׳כ [Isa 9:13]; [19:15] figurative of nobles, rulers (both opposed to אַגְמוֺן rush, i.e. high and low; || וְזָנָב רֹאשׁ); 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 כִּמֶּר כֹּפֶר of washing away, obliteration of sin: Late Hebrew כִּמֶּר, Aramaic כַּמֵּר and derive.; Arabic an expiation (see RSOTJC 438; 2. 381 Kn on [Lev 4:20] RiBegr. Der Sühne Wecompare 335 f. SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 321 NowArchaeology ii, 192 DrDeut 425 SchmollerSt,Kr. 1891, 205 ff. LagBN 230 ff.)). **On original meaning compare now DrHast. DB PROPITIATION; also Assyrian kuppuru, purify (and derivatives takpirtu) ZimKAT 3. 601 f. MorgensternSin in Babylonian Religion (MVG 1905, 3) 44, 122.