Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #2653 - חָפַף chaphaph


Original Word:חָפַף
Transliteration: chaphaph
Phonetic Spelling:(khaw-faf')
Definition:to enclose, surround, cover
Part of Speech:Verb
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cover

A primitive root (compare chaphah, yacheph); to cover (in protection) -- cover.

see HEBREW chaphah

see HEBREW yacheph


Englishman's Concordance

1) (Qal) to cover, enclose, shelter, shield, surround
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root (compare H2645, H3182)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 710

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [חָפַף] verbenclose, surround, cover (Arabic , surround, side, or border of a thing) — only

QalParticipleחֹפֵף עָלָיוDeuteronomy 33:12 (poem) he (׳י) is covering him over, figurative of ׳י's sheltering Benjamin (in temple; on omission of subject see Ges§ 116. 5. R. 3).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2653. חָפַף (chaphaph) — 1 Occurrence

Deuteronomy 33:12
HEB:לָבֶ֖טַח עָלָ֑יו חֹפֵ֤ף עָלָיו֙ כָּל־
NAS: in security by Him, Who shields him all
KJV: in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day
INT: security and shields and all

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