Yom hakipurim (יום הכיפורים) means Yom Kippur in Hebrew.
It can also mean Day of Atonement. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Yom hakipurim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אחד ממועדי ישראל, יום צום ובקשת סליחה, החל ביום העשירי בתשרי.
בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה יוֹם הַכִּפֻּרִים הוּא, מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם, וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה לַיהוה
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yom hakipurim is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים
- Written without vowel points
- יום הכיפורים
- Said
- yom hakipurim
- Root
- כ־פ־ר
- Gematria
- 427
This is how Yom hakipurim is said in other languages.
- English
- Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
- Arabic
- عيد الغفران, يوم كيبور
- Russian
- день прощения, судный день
- French
- Jour de l'Expiation, Yom Kippour
- Yiddish
- יום כיפור
These words mean nearly the same as Yom hakipurim.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Yom hakipurim comes from the root כ־פ־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Yom hakipurim in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yom hakipurim.
What does Yom hakipurim (יום הכיפורים) mean in Hebrew?
Yom hakipurim (יום הכיפורים) means Yom Kippur and Day of Atonement. It is said yom hakipurim, with the stress on rim.
What is a synonym for Yom hakipurim (יום הכיפורים)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Yom hakipurim (יום הכיפורים) are יום הדין, יום כיפור, and יו"כ.
Is Yom hakipurim (יום הכיפורים) masculine or feminine?
The word Yom hakipurim (יום הכיפורים) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יום הכפורים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.