King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2645
Transliteration: chaphah
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-faw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cover
Meaning: to cover, to veil, to encase, protect
Word 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