חׇפַף
chophaph · H2653 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to shelter, to give protection
Literally: to cover or surround someone; hence: causative action by which deities remain close to humans, in order to keep them from harm
ExamplesDeuteronomy 33:12 Of Benjamin he said, “May the beloved of the LORD live in security beside Him Who shields him all the day long, And he lives between His shoulders.”
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ וֹhim 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- כָּסָה kâçâh · H3680 · to cover, to be covered, to cover oneself
- The most common Hebrew verb for covering; semantically overlaps with חׇפַף as both denote the action of covering or providing protection, though כָּסָה is far more frequent and broadly used.
- סָכַךְ çâkak · H5526 · to cover, to cover oneself
- Hebrew verb meaning to cover or screen, often with connotations of protective covering or sheltering; semantically parallel to חׇפַף in contexts of providing cover or defense.
Contrasting words 1 word
- גָּלָה gâlâh · H1540 · to reveal
- Hebrew verb meaning to uncover or expose; direct lexical opposite of חׇפַף (cover), as uncovering/revealing is the antonym of covering/concealing.
In the other Testament 1 word
- καλύπτω kalýptō · G2572 · to cover, to cover over, to hide
- Greek verb meaning to cover or conceal; common LXX rendering for Hebrew covering verbs, semantically equivalent to חׇפַף in the sense of providing cover or protection.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- The word denotes shielding or covering someone protectively, as in Deuteronomy 33:12's blessing of Benjamin, whom the LORD shields all the day long.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2653. chaphaph I. [חָפַף] verb enclose, surround, cover (Arabic , surround, side, or…
I. [חָפַף] verb enclose, surround, cover (Arabic , surround, side, or border of a thing) — only
Qal Participle עָלָיו חֹפֵף Deu 33:12 (poem) he (׳י) is covering him over, figurative of ׳י's sheltering Benjamin (in temple; on omission of subject see Ges§ 116. 5. R. 3).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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