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# חָפָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2645

**cover** — used 12 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

cover [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2645/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָפָה: vb. cover [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2645/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cover (NH id., especially Pi.; Aramaic חֲפָא, ܚܦܳܐ (especially Pa.); Arabic خَفِىَ be hidden, خَفَى hide)— Pf. חָפוּ 2 S 15:30 + 3 times; Pt. חָפוּי 2 S 15:30; cstr. חֲפוּי Est 6:12;—cover the head (רֹאשׁ), in token of grief 2 S 15:30 Je 14:3, 4; pt. agrees with ר׳ 2 S 15:30; חֲפוּי רֹאשׁ (‖ אָבֵל) Est 6:12; in token of sentence of death Est 7:8. Pt. f. נֶחְפָּה ψ 68:14 (כנפי יונה נ׳), c. בְּ of material. Pf. (late) חִפָּה 2 Ch 3:5, 9; Impf. וַיְחַף 2 Ch 3:7; sf. וַיְחַפֵּהוּ 2 Ch 3:5, 8; overlay sq. 2 acc. (one of material) 2 Ch 3:5(×2), 7, 8, 9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he overlaid (3); he (2); they have covered (2).

## In the verses

[2 Chronicles 3:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.3.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.3.9/#tree)

וּמִשְׁקָ֛ל לְמִסְמְר֥וֹת לִשְׁקָלִ֖ים חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים זָהָ֑ב וְהָעֲלִיּ֖וֹת חִפָּ֥ה זָהָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] weight of nails to shekels fifty gold and the.upper rooms he.overlaid gold

*JPS 1917:* And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

[Esther 6:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.12/#tree)

וַיָּ֥שָׁב מָרְדֳּכַ֖י אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְהָמָן֙ נִדְחַ֣ף אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ אָבֵ֖ל וַחֲפ֥וּי רֹֽאשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned Mordecai to the.gate of the.king and Haman he.hurried.himself to house his mourning and covered of.head

*JPS 1917:* And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2645.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2645/): 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).