2 Chronicles 3:5:72 Chr.3.5.W7TAB
וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ
vayekhapehu
“and he covered it”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kha-PE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khah-PEE-hoo
- IPA
- /vajəħapˈpɛːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he covered it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-kha-PE-hu
- 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 vav-consecutive Piel imperfect way-ḥappē-hû {וַיְחַפֵּהוּ | way-ḥappē-hû} ‘and he overlaid it’ governs the noun phrase zā-hāḇ ṭōḇ {זָהָב טוֹב | zā-hāḇ ṭōḇ} ‘fine gold’, illustrating an intensive action.
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 3:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 3:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ (vayekhapehu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.5.W7.S1) and character.