צָפָה
tsâphâh · tsaw-faw'
to sheet over (especially with metal)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (probably identical with H6822 (צָפָה) through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action);
to sheet over (especially with metal)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cover, overlay.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- 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 pursue the straight path › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To pursue the straight path that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָפָה 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
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and overlaid11 · 24%
- and he overlaid8 · 17%
- and thou shalt overlay5 · 11%
- and overlay4 · 9%
- he overlaid3 · 7%
- and covered2 · 4%
- shalt thou overlay1 · 2%
- wood overlaid1 · 2%
- wood, and overlay1 · 2%
- shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay1 · 2%
- wood, and overlaid1 · 2%
- thereof were of the same: and he overlaid1 · 2%
- and he covered1 · 2%
- thereof: and he overlaid1 · 2%
- and so covered1 · 2%
- overlaid1 · 2%
- had overlaid1 · 2%
- and he garnished1 · 2%
- covered1 · 2%
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.