Lexical Summary chaphah: to cover Original Word: חָפָהTransliteration: chaphah Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-faw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to cover Meaning: to cover, to veil, to encase, protect Strong's Concordance 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 Brown-Driver-Briggs H2645. chaphah [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 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; ראֹשׁ חֲפוּי "" (אָבֵלׅ Esther 6:12; in token of sentence of death 7:8. Niph`al Participle feminine נֶחְמָּה Psalm 68:13 (נ יונה ׳כנפי), with בְּ of material. Pi`el Perfect (late) חִמָּה2Che Psalm 3:8; Psalm 3:9; Imperfect וַיְחַף2 Chronicles 3:7; suffix וַיְחַמֵּהוּ3:5, 8; overlay followed by 2 accusative (one of material) 3:5 (twice in verse); 3:7-8, 9. I. חֻמָּה II. חֻמָּה see below חפף. below |
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