Lexicon chaphah: to cover Original Word: חָפָהPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chaphah Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-faw') Short Definition: covered NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto cover NASB Translationcover (1), covered (6), overlaid (5).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ חָפָה] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., especially Pi`el; Aramaic חֲפָא,  (especially Pa`el); Arabic be hidden, hide) — Qal Perfect חָפוּ 2 Samuel 15:30 3t.; Participle חָפוּי 2 Samuel 15:30; construct חֲפוּי Esther 6:12; — cover the head (ראֹשׁ), in token of grief 2 Samuel 15:30; Jeremiah 14:3,4; participle agrees with ׳ר 2 Samuel 15:30; חֲפוּי ראֹשׁ "" (אָבֵלׅ Esther 6:12; in token of sentence of death Esther 7:8. Niph`al Participle feminine נֶחְמָּה Psalm 68:13 (׳כנפי יונה נ), with בְּ of material. Pi`el Perfect (late) חִמָּה2Che Psalm 3:8; Psalm 3:9; Imperfect וַיְחַף2Chronicles 3:7; suffix וַיְחַמֵּהוּ2Chronicles 3:5,8; overlay followed by 2 accusative (one of material) 2 Chronicles 3:5 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 3:7,8,9. I. חֻמָּה II. חֻמָּה see below חפף. below
Strong's ceil, cover, overlay A primitive root (compare chapha', chophaph); to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect -- ceil, cover, overlay. see HEBREW chapha' see HEBREW chophaph |
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