חׇפַף chophaph — to cover (in protection)
Translated in the KJV as cover.
a primitive root (compare H2645, H3182); to cover (in protection).
chophaph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
חֹפֵ֤ף Deut 33:12 Participle (active), masculine singular
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›