וַ/יְחַפֵּ֖/הוּ — 2 Chronicles 3:5 Hebrew Word Study

וַ/יְחַפֵּ֖/הוּ

𐤅/𐤉𐤇𐤐/𐤄𐤅

vayechapehu

and he overlaid it

a primitive root (compare חָפָא, חׇפַף); to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect; ceil, cover, overlay.

2 Chronicles 3:5 · Word #7

Lexicon `H2645`

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`p` — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation	`w` — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person	`3` — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

and he covered him over

Morphological Notes	Wayyiqtol (waw-consecutive imperfect) 3ms from חפה with 3ms pronominal suffix (-הוּ), indicating a completed past narrative action: "and he covered him."
Rendering Rationale	The root חפה conveys the act of covering, overlaying, or encasing for protection or concealment. The form is a waw-consecutive imperfect (wayyiqtol) 3rd masculine singular with a 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix, hence "and he covered him over," preserving both the narrative past sense and the masculine singular object.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
2 Samuel 15:30	חָפ֔וּי	chafuy	was covered
2 Samuel 15:30	חָפוּ֙	chafu	had covered
Jeremiah 14:3	וְ/חָפ֥וּ	vechafu	and covered
Jeremiah 14:4	חָפ֥וּ	chafu	they cover
Psalms 68:14	נֶחְפָּ֣ה	nechepah	covered
Esther 6:12	וַ/חֲפ֥וּי	vachafuy	with covered
Esther 7:8	חָפֽוּ	chafu	they-covered
2 Chronicles 3:5	חִפָּה֙	chipah	he paneled
2 Chronicles 3:5	וַ/יְחַפֵּ֖/הוּ	vayechapehu	and he overlaid it
2 Chronicles 3:7	וַ/יְחַ֨ף	vayechaf	and he overlaid
2 Chronicles 3:8	וַ/יְחַפֵּ֨/הוּ֙	vayechapehu	and he overlaid it
2 Chronicles 3:9	חִפָּ֥ה	chipah	he-overlaid