חָפָה
châphâh · khaw-faw'
to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2644 (חָפָא), H2653 (חׇפַף));
to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
- to cover
- by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ceil, cover, overlay.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָפָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- covered3 · 25%
- and he overlaid2 · 17%
- they covered2 · 17%
- that was with him covered1 · 8%
- he cieled1 · 8%
- which he overlaid1 · 8%
- he overlaid1 · 8%
- and covered1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.