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חָפָה (châphâh) v (khaw-faw')
Source: a primitive root (compare H2644, H2653);
Meaning: to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
KJV: ceil, cover, overlay.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

h.el.aa

חָפָה ] vb. cover

• Qal cover the head

• Niph. on material

• Pi. (late) overlay

Appears in a total of 10 verses:

EST 6:12

OET-LV: 12 And_ Mārəddəkay _he_returned to the_gate_of the_king and_Haman he_hurried_himself to house_of_his mourning and_covered_of head. (EST_6:12)

OET-RV: 12 Afterwards, Mordekai returned to the king’s gate but Haman hurried to his house, covering his head like a mourner. (EST 6:12)

JER 14:3

OET-LV: 3 And_their_noble_of_ones they_have_sent their_of_servants for_water they_have_come to the_cisterns not they_have_found water vessels_of_their they_have_returned empty they_are_ashamed and_they_are_humiliated and_they_have_covered head_of_their. (JER_14:3)

OET-RV: 3 The leading citizens send their servants out for water,
 ⇔ but when they get to the wells, they didn’t find any.
 ⇔ They return with empty containers—
 ⇔ ashamed and humiliated, and with their heads covered in grief. (JER 14:3)

CH2 3:8

OET-LV: 8 and_he/it_made DOM the_house_of the_holy_place_of the_holy_places length_of_its on the_face_of the_breadth_of the_house was_cubits twenty and_breadth_of_its was_cubits twenty and_he_overlaid_it gold fine to_talents six hundred(s). (CH2_3:8)

OET-RV: 8 Then he made the most sacred room inside the temple. It was nine metres long (the full width of the temple) and the same width. He overlaid it with thirty kilograms of pure gold (beaten into thin sheets). (CH2 3:8)

JER 14:4

OET-LV: 4 In_account_of the_soil which_it_is_cracked if/because not it_has_come rain on_the_earth they_are_ashamed farmers they_have_covered head_of_their. (JER_14:4)

OET-RV: 4 The ground is cracked open because there hasn’t been any rain.
 ⇔ The farmers are ashamed—they’ve covered their heads in grief, (JER 14:4)

PSA 68:14

OET-LV: 14  if you(pl)_will_lie_down between two_saddlebags the_wings_of a_dove are_covered with_silver and_pinions_of_its with_greenish_of gold. (PSA_68:14)

OET-RV: 14 The powerful one scattered kings there.
 ⇔ It was as when it snowed on Mt. Zalmon. (PSA 68:14)

EST 7:8

OET-LV: 8 And_the_king he_returned from_the_garden_of the_palace to the_house_of the_feast_of (the)_wine and_Haman was_falling on the_couch which ʼEştēr on/upon_it(f) and_he/it_said the_king also to_violate DOM the_queen with_me in_house the_message it_came_out from_the_mouth_of the_king and_the_face_of Haman people_covered. (EST_7:8)

OET-RV: 8 As he was pleading for his life, Haman knelt down very close to Esther as she was reclining on a couch. When the king returned from the palace garden to the room where they had been drinking wine, he saw this and exclaimed, “Now he’s even trying to rape the queen in my presence and in my own house!”
 ¶ As soon as the king said this, some of his servants covered Haman’s face (as a sign that he would be executed). (EST 7:8)

CH2 3:5

OET-LV: 5 And_DOM the_house (the)_great he_overlaid wood_of cypresses and_he_overlaid_it gold fine and_he/it_ascended on/upon/above_him/it palm_trees and_chains. (CH2_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 For the main building, he overlaid it first with cypress planking, then with pure gold, then carved palm trees and chains along the walls. (CH2 3:5)

CH2 3:7

OET-LV: 7 And_he_overlaid DOM the_house the_beams the_thresholds and_walls_of_its and_doors_of_its gold and_he_engraved cherubim on the_walls. (CH2_3:7)

OET-RV: 7 He overlaid the temple beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he engraved winged creatures on the walls. (CH2 3:7)

CH2 3:9

OET-LV: 9 And_the_weight of_nails to_shekels fifty gold and_the_upper_rooms he_overlaid gold. (CH2_3:9)

OET-RV: 9 Each gold nail weighed half a kilogram, and he also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. (CH2 3:9)

SA2 15:30

OET-LV: 30 And_Dāvid was_going_up on_the_ascent_of the_olive_trees going_up and_weeping and_head to_him/it was_covered and_he was_walking barefoot and_all the_people which with_him/it they_covered each his/its_head and_they_went_up going_up and_weeping. (SA2_15:30)

OET-RV: 30 As David was going up the Mt. of Olives, he was walking barefoot with his head covered. He was weeping as were the people with him—they too had their heads covered and were weeping. (SA2 15:30)

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