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title: חֻפָּה — canopy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֻפָּה (2646), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: canopy. BDB 1906: n.f. canopy, chamber. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֻפָּה

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«חֻפָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **canopy** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 2646 · **BDB:** חֻפָּה²

### Glosses

chamber (2); a.canopy (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

canopy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2646/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. canopy, chamber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2646/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. canopy, chamber (as covering, enclosing)—abs. ח׳ Is 4:5; sf. חֻפָּתוֹ ψ 19:6; חֻפָּתָהּ Jo 2:16;— canopy, על־כל־כבוד ח׳ Is 4:5 over all glory a canopy (for protection). chamber, of bridegroom ψ 19:6 (metaph. of sun rising); of bride Jo 2:16 (‖ חֶדֶר of bridegroom).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֻפָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2646/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.6/)

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וְה֗וּא כְּ֭חָתָן יֹצֵ֣א מֵחֻפָּת֑וֹ יָשִׂ֥ישׂ כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר לָר֥וּץ אֹֽרַח׃

*Word for word:* and it \[is\].like a.bridegroom \[who\].comes.forth from chamber his it.rejoices like a.mighty.\[man\] to run a.path

*JPS 1917:* Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

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[Joel 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.16/)

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אִסְפוּ־עָ֞ם קַדְּשׁ֤וּ קָהָל֙ קִבְצ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֔ים אִסְפוּ֙ עֽוֹלָלִ֔ים וְיֹנְקֵ֖י שָׁדָ֑יִם יֵצֵ֤א חָתָן֙ מֵֽחֶדְר֔וֹ וְכַלָּ֖ה מֵחֻפָּתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* gather \[the\].people consecrate an.assembly gather \[the\].elders gather children and sucking.children of.breasts let.him.go.out \[the\].bridegroom from room his and.\[the\] bride from chamber her

*JPS 1917:* Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her pavilion.

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