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# חֻפָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2646

**canopy** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

canopy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2646/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֻפָּה²: n.f. canopy, chamber [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2646/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. canopy, chamber (as covering, enclosing)—abs. ח׳ Is 4:5; sf. חֻפָּתוֹ ψ 19:6; חֻפָּתָהּ Jo 2:16;— canopy, על־כל־כבוד ח׳ Is 4:5 over all glory a canopy (for protection). chamber, of bridegroom ψ 19:6 (metaph. of sun rising); of bride Jo 2:16 (‖ חֶדֶר of bridegroom).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: chamber (2); a canopy (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 19:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.6/#tree)

וְה֗וּא כְּ֭חָתָן יֹצֵ֣א מֵחֻפָּת֑וֹ יָשִׂ֥ישׂ כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר לָר֥וּץ אֹֽרַח׃

*Word for word:* and it \[is\].like a.bridegroom \[who\].comes.forth from chamber his it.rejoices like a.mighty.\[man\] to run a.path

*JPS 1917:* Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

[Joel 2:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.16/#tree)

אִסְפוּ־עָ֞ם קַדְּשׁ֤וּ קָהָל֙ קִבְצ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֔ים אִסְפוּ֙ עֽוֹלָלִ֔ים וְיֹנְקֵ֖י שָׁדָ֑יִם יֵצֵ֤א חָתָן֙ מֵֽחֶדְר֔וֹ וְכַלָּ֖ה מֵחֻפָּתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* gather \[the\].people consecrate an.assembly gather \[the\].elders gather children and sucking.children of.breasts let.him.go.out \[the\].bridegroom from room his and.\[the\] bride from chamber her

*JPS 1917:* Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her pavilion.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2646.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2646/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).