2 Chronicles 3:5:42 Chr.3.5.W4TAB
חִפָּה֙
khipa
“he overlaid”
- Transliteration
- khi-PA
- Extended
- khih-PAA
- IPA
- /ħipˈpɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he overlaid
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khi-PA
- clause
ve-ET ha-BA-yit ha-ga-DOL khi-PA ETS be-ro-SHIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV
- sentence
ve-ET ha-BA-yit ha-ga-DOL khi-PA ETS be-ro-SHIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV va-ya-AL a-LAV ti-mo-RIM ve-shar-she-ROT
Exegesis
The verb ḥip-pāh {חִפָּה | ḥip-pāh} ‘he paneled’ (Qal perfect) precedes the material phrase ʿēṣ bə-rō-šîm {עֵץ בְּרוֹשִׁים | ʿēṣ bə-rō-šîm} ‘wood with cypresses’, reflecting typical verb–object order.
Root and etymology
ח־פ־ה
“to cover, overlay, shield”
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:5
And he paneled the great house with cypress wood, and he overlaid it with fine gold, and he set upon it palm trees and chainwork.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 3:5, so the Hebrew word חִפָּה֙ (khipa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.3.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.5.W4.S1) and character.