כָּסָה kâçâh — properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows
Translated in the KJV as clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover, hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780.
a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy).
kâçâh in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 30Perfect (qatal) 27Wayyiqtol 25Participle (active) 17Sequential perfect (weqatal) 14Infinitive construct 14Jussive 4Imperative 1
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Hitpa'el
Wayyiqtol 3Participle (active) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
Pu'al
Wayyiqtol 2Participle (passive) 2Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 2Participle (passive) 1
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1Infinitive construct 1
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
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 ›