צָפָה tsâphâh — to sheet over (especially with metal)
Translated in the KJV as cover, overlay.
a primitive root (probably identical with H6822 through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action); to sheet over (especially with metal).
tsâphâh in each stem
Pi'el
Wayyiqtol 21Perfect (qatal) 11Sequential perfect (weqatal) 10Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 2
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive absolute 1
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
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 ›