Word

חָפָה

châphâh · H2645 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences

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Meanings

to cover, to overlay

Causative action by which humans cover an object with a thin layer of a substance, such as cloth, metal, or wood

Examples
2 Samuel 15:30 And David was going up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, and his head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his own head, and they were going up, weeping as they went.
2 Chronicles 3:5 He overlaid the main room with juniper wood and overlaid it with fine gold; and he ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
2 Chronicles 3:7 He also overlaid the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds, and its walls and doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

11 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 5
Not stated: they 3
כָּנָףwing 1
עַםpeople 1
רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

9 occurrences in 5 groups

רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 3
בַּיִתhouse, household 2
וֹhim 2
עֲלִיָּהupper room 1
פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with+ כֶּסֶףsilver 1
לto/for+ כִּכָּרtalent, plain, loaf 1
לto/for+ וֹhim 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Cover002003001005: The word denotes covering or overlaying something, as in accounts of overlaying wooden structures with gold or other coverings.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָחֵף yâchêph · H3182 · barefoot · 5×חָפָהchâphâh · H2645חֻפָּה chuppâh · H2646 · tent, canopy, pavilion · 3×חַף chaph · H2643 · pure, clean · 1×חָפָא châphâʼ · H2644 · to do things in secret · 1×חׇפַף chophaph · H2653 · to shelter, to give protection · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2645. chaphah [חָפָה] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., especially Pi`el; Aramaic חֲפָא,…

H2645. chaphah
[חָפָה] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., especially Pi`el; Aramaic חֲפָא, (especially Pa`el); Arabic be hidden, hide) —
Qal Perfect חָפוּ 2Sa 15:30 2Sa 15:3t.; Participle חָפוּי 2Sa 15:30; construct חֲפוּי Est 6:12; — cover the head (ראֹשׁ), in token of grief 2Sa 15:30; Jer 14:3-4, participle agrees with ׳ר 2Sa 15:30; ראֹשׁ חֲפוּי || (אָבֵלׅ Est 6:12; in token of sentence of death Est 7:8.
Niph`al Participle feminine נֶחְמָּה Psa 68:13 (נ יונה ׳כנפי), with בְּ of material.
Pi`el Perfect (late) חִמָּה2Che Psa 3:8; Psalm 3:9; Imperfect וַיְחַף2Ch 3:7; suffix וַיְחַמֵּהוּ2Ch 3:5, 2Ch 3:8; overlay followed by 2 accusative (one of material) 2Ch 3:5 (twice in verse); 2Ch 3:7-8, 2Ch 3:9.
I. חֻמָּה II. חֻמָּה see below חפף. below

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Cover12 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0