{"def":{"short":"a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)","long":["mercy-seat, place of atonement",["the golden plate of propitiation on which the High Priest sprinkled the seat 7 times on the Day of Atonement symbolically reconciling Jehovah and His chosen people",["the slab of gold on top of the ark of the covenant which measured 2.5 by 1.5 cubits; on it and part of it were the two golden cherubim facing each other whose outstretched wings came together above and constituted the throne of God"]]]},"deriv":"from H3722","pronun":{"ipa":"kɑpːoˈrɛt̪","ipa_mod":"kɑ.po̞wˈʁɛt","sbl":"kappōret","dic":"kahp-poh-RET","dic_mod":"ka-poh-RET"}}