חָפָה
cha.phah
“to cover”
Definition
to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
a primitive root (compare H2644 (חָפָא), H2653 (חׇפַף));
- to cover, overlay, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling 1a) (Qal) to cover 1b)(Niphal) to be covered 1c) (Piel) to cover, overlay
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Occurrences
חָפָה appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
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