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# צָפָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6823

**lay out** — used 47 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

lay out [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6823/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָפָה⁴: vb. lay out, lay over [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6823/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lay out, lay over (NH Pi. = BH);— Inf. abs. הַצָּפִית צָפֹה Is 21:5 they lay out the rug! or the like, so most moderns, v. צָפִית. overlay, plate: Pf. 3 ms. צִפָּה 1 K 6:15 +; 2 ms. וְצִפִּיתָ֫ Ex 25:11 +; Impf. 3 ms. וַיְצַף 1 K 6:20 +, sf. וַיְצַפֵּהוּ v 20 +; 2 ms. תְּצַפֶּה Ex 26:29; 3 mpl. וַיְצַפּוּ 2 Ch 3:10, etc.;—overlay, especially plate sthg. with metal (gold, bronze), usually 2 acc.: 1 K 6:20(×2) + 6 times 1 K 6, + 10:18, ‖ 2 Ch 3:4, 10; 4:9; 9:17; Ex 25:11, 13 + 24 times Ex 25–38 (all P); overlay, stud with precious stones, 2 acc. 2 Ch 3:6; also plate, acc. mater. om., 1 K 6:15; 2 K 18:16; Ex 25:11; 38:28; acc. dir. obj. om. 1 K 6:32, 35; c. acc. + ב mater. v 15 overlaid the floor of the house with timbers. Pt. מְצֻפֶּה Pr 26:23 impure silver (Toy) laid over (עַל) a sherd; pl. מְצֻפִּים זָהָב Ex 26:32, pillars overlaid with gold.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he overlaid (22); you will overlay (11); he (7).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 6:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.28/#tree)

וַיְצַ֥ף אֶת־הַכְּרוּבִ֖ים זָהָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and he.overlaid (et) the cherubim gold

*JPS 1917:* And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

[Exodus 25:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.13/#tree)

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בַדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make poles of.wood(s) of.acacia and you.will.overlay them gold

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6823.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6823/): 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).