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title: חׇפַף — enclose · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חׇפַף (2653), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: enclose. BDB 1906: vb. enclose, surround, cover. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חׇפַף

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«חׇפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **enclose** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2653 · **BDB:** חָפַף

### Glosses

\[he.is\].covering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

enclose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2653/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. enclose, surround, cover [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2653/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חׇפַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2653/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 33:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.12/)

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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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