חׇפַף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2653

enclose — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

enclose tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָפַף: vb. enclose, surround, cover tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. enclose, surround, cover (Arabic حَفَّ, surround, حِفَافٌ side, or border of a thing)—only Pt. חֹפֵף עָלָיו Dt 33:12 (poem) he (י׳) is covering him over, fig. of י׳’s sheltering Benj. (in temple; on omission of subj. v. Ges§ 116. 5. R 3).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [he is] covering (1).

In the verses

Deuteronomy 33:12 · tree →

לְבִנְיָמִ֣ן אָמַ֔ר יְדִ֣יד יְהֹוָ֔ה יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָבֶ֖טַח עָלָ֑יו חֹפֵ֤ף עָלָיו֙ כָּל־הַיּ֔וֹם וּבֵ֥ין כְּתֵיפָ֖יו שָׁכֵֽן׃ס

Word for word: of Benjamin he.said the.beloved.[one] of.Yahweh he.dwells to security on him [he.is].covering over him all the day and between shoulders his he.dwells

JPS 1917: Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, and He dwelleth between his shoulders.

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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).

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