Original Language Studio
2 Kings 17:9
“And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2644 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to cover, i.e. (in a sinister sense) to act covertly
- Derivation
- an orthographical variation of H2645 (חָפָה);
- KJV renderings
- do secretly.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְחַפְּא֣וּ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 1 times in the Hebrew Bible.
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָפָא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.