כֹּ֣סֶה — Proverbs 12:23 Hebrew Word Study

כֹּ֣סֶה

𐤊𐤎𐤄

koseh

conceals

a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כָּשָׂה.

H3680

Proverbs 12:23 · Word #3

Lexicon `H3680`

Lemma	כָּסָה
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤊𐤎𐤄
Transliteration	kâçâh
Strong's	H3680
In-context	conceals

Morphology `HVqrmsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`q` — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation	`r` — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H3680-21`

one who covers over

Root	כסה (k-s-h)
Core Meanings	covering, concealing, enveloping, filling over hollows
Semantic Range	to cover physically (with clothing or overlay), to conceal or hide, to overwhelm, to clothe oneself, to fill or overlay a surface
Conceptual Significance	The root כסה often conveys both physical covering and metaphorical concealment, including the covering of sin or shame. It can signify protection, mercy, or secrecy, depending on context, highlighting the biblical motif of covering as both shelter and atonement.
Morphological Notes	Qal participle, masculine singular absolute; denotes a continuous or characteristic action performed by a male subject.
Rendering Rationale	The form is a Qal masculine singular participle, indicating an ongoing or characteristic action by a single male subject. "One who covers over" preserves the root sense of כסה (to cover or conceal by overlaying) while reflecting the active participial force and singular masculine morphology.

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

Words from Root כסה (covering, concealing, enveloping, filling over hollows)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H3680-01`	akhaseh	I will thoroughly cover over
`H3680-02`	akhasenu	I will thoroughly cover him
`H4372-01`	bemikheseh	in a covering-of
`H3678-01`	hakise	the covered throne
`H3680-03`	hamekhaseh	the one who covers over
`H3680-04`	hikasot	to be covered over
`H3680-05`	kasot	covering ones (feminine plural)
`H3680-06`	kasu	they covered over
`H3680-07`	kasunu	you have covered us over
`H3682-01`	kesut	covering-garment
`H3681-01`	kesuy	covering-of (masculine singular construct)
`H3680-08`	khisah	he has covered over
`H3680-09`	khisahu	he covered him
`H3678-02`	khiseh	covered throne-seat
`H3678-03`	khisei	my canopied throne
`H3678-04`	khiseo	his covered throne-seat
`H3678-05`	khiseot	canopied thrones
`H3680-10`	khisetah	she has covered over
`H3680-11`	khisiti	I have fully covered over
`H3680-12`	kisah	he covered over
`H3680-13`	kisamo	he covered them over
`H3680-14`	kisateni	she has covered me
`H3678-06`	kise	canopied throne of
`H3678-07`	kiseakha	your canopied throne
`H3678-08`	kiseekha	your canopied throne
`H3678-09`	kisei	my canopied throne
`H3678-10`	kiseo	his covered throne
`H3678-11`	kiseot	canopied thrones
`H3678-12`	kiseotam	their canopied thrones
`H3680-15`	kisetah	she has covered over
`H3680-16`	kiseti	I covered over
`H3680-17`	kisita	you have covered over
`H3680-18`	kisiti	I have covered over
`H3680-19`	kisitikha	I have covered you
`H3680-20`	kisito	you covered him over
`H3678-13`	lakise	to the covered throne-seat
`H3678-14`	lakiseh	to the covered throne-seat
`H3680-22`	lekhasot	to fully cover over
`H3680-23`	lekhasoto	to thoroughly cover him
`H3678-15`	lekhise	to a covered-throne
`H3680-24`	mekhaseh	one who covers over
`H3680-25`	mekhasim	those who are covering over
`H3680-26`	mekhasot	covering (feminine plural)
`H3680-27`	mekhusim	covered ones
`H3680-28`	mekhusot	fully covered (feminine plural)
`H4372-02`	mikheseh	covering
`H4372-03`	mikhesehu	his covering
`H3678-16`	mikise	from the covered-throne of
`H3678-17`	mikiseekha	from your covered throne
`H3678-18`	mikiseo	from his covered throne-seat
`H3678-19`	mikiseotam	from their covered thrones
`H3680-29`	mitekaseh	covering himself
`H3680-30`	mitekasim	men covering themselves
`H3680-31`	nikhesatah	she has been covered over
`H3680-32`	tekhas	may you cover over
`H3680-33`	tekhaseh	you (masculine singular) will thoroughly cover / she will thoroughly cover
`H3680-34`	tekhasekha	she thoroughly covers you
`H3680-35`	tekhasekhe	she will thoroughly cover you (feminine singular)
`H3680-36`	tekhasi	you (feminine) will thoroughly cover
`H3680-37`	tikaseh	she is covered over
`H3678-20`	ulekhiseo	and to his covered throne
`H4372-04`	umikheseh	and a covering-of
`H3680-38`	utekhaseha	and she will cover her
`H3680-39`	utekhasenu	and she will thoroughly cover us
`H3680-40`	vaakhaseh	and I covered over
`H3680-41`	vaakhasekhe	and I covered you
`H3680-42`	vatekhas	and she covered over
`H3680-43`	vatekhasehu	and she covered him over
`H3680-44`	vatekhaseni	and she covered me over
`H3680-45`	vatekhasim	and you covered them over
`H3680-46`	vatitekas	and she covered herself
`H3680-47`	vayekhas	and he covered over
`H3680-48`	vayekhasehu	and he covered him over
`H3680-49`	vayekhasu	and they covered over
`H3680-50`	vayekhasuhu	and they covered him over
`H3680-51`	vayekhusu	and they were thoroughly covered over
`H3680-52`	vayitekas	and he covered himself over
`H3680-53`	vekhisah	and he covered over
`H3680-54`	vekhisahu	and he covered him
`H3678-21`	vekhise	and a canopied throne
`H3678-22`	vekhiseo	and his covered throne-seat
`H3680-55`	vekhisetah	and she covered over
`H3680-56`	vekhiseyti	and I covered over
`H3680-57`	vekhisinu	and we covered over
`H3680-58`	vekhisita	and you covered over
`H3680-59`	vekhisito	and you covered him over
`H3680-60`	vekhisu	and they covered over
`H3680-61`	vekhisukhe	and they covered you (feminine singular)
`H3680-62`	vekhoseh	and one covering
`H3680-63`	veyitekasu	and let them cloak themselves
`H3680-64`	yekhaseh	he thoroughly covers over
`H3680-65`	yekhasekha	he will thoroughly cover you
`H3680-66`	yekhasekhe	he will thoroughly cover you (feminine singular)
`H3680-67`	yekhasemo	may he cover them over
`H3680-68`	yekhasenah	he will thoroughly cover her
`H3680-69`	yekhasenu	he will fully cover him
`H3680-70`	yekhaseyumu	they will fully cover them
`H3680-71`	yekhasu	they thoroughly cover over
`H3680-72`	yekhuseh	he fully covered over
`H3680-73`	yitekasu	they will cover themselves
`H3680-74`	ykhsvmv	let them fully cover them

Word Usage (153 occurrences of H3680)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 7:19	וַ/יְכֻסּ֗וּ	vayekhusu	and were covered
Genesis 7:20	וַ/יְכֻסּ֖וּ	vayekhusu	were covered
Genesis 9:23	וַ/יְכַסּ֕וּ	vayekhasu	and covered
Genesis 18:17	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֤ה	hamekhaseh	hide
Genesis 24:65	וַ/תִּתְכָּֽס	vatitekas	and covered herself
Genesis 37:26	וְ/כִסִּ֖ינוּ	vekhisinu	and cover up
Genesis 38:14	וַ/תְּכַ֤ס	vatekhas	and covered
Genesis 38:15	כִסְּתָ֖ה	khisetah	she had covered
Exodus 8:2	וַ/תְּכַ֖ס	vatekhas	and covered
Exodus 10:5	וְ/כִסָּה֙	vekhisah	and it will cover
Exodus 10:15	וַ/יְכַ֞ס	vayekhas	and covered
Exodus 14:28	וַ/יְכַסּ֤וּ	vayekhasu	and covered
Exodus 15:5	יְכַסְיֻ֑/מוּ	yekhaseyumu	have covered them
Exodus 15:10	כִּסָּ֣/מוֹ	kisamo	covered them
Exodus 16:13	וַ/תְּכַ֖ס	vatekhas	and covered
Exodus 21:33	יְכַסֶּ֑/נּוּ	yekhasenu	he covers it
Exodus 24:15	וַ/יְכַ֥ס	vayekhas	and covered
Exodus 24:16	וַ/יְכַסֵּ֥/הוּ	vayekhasehu	and covered it
Exodus 26:13	לְ/כַסֹּתֽ/וֹ	lekhasoto	to cover it
Exodus 28:42	לְ/כַסּ֖וֹת	lekhasot	to cover
Exodus 29:13	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה	hamekhaseh	that covers
Exodus 29:22	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה	hamekhaseh	that covers
Exodus 40:34	וַ/יְכַ֥ס	vayekhas	Then covered
Leviticus 3:3	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה	hamekhaseh	that covers
Leviticus 3:9	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה	hamekhaseh	that covers
Leviticus 3:14	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה	hamekhaseh	that covers
Leviticus 4:8	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה	hamekhaseh	that covers
Leviticus 7:3	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֥ה	hamekhaseh	that covers
Leviticus 13:12	וְ/כִסְּתָ֣ה	vekhisetah	and covers
Leviticus 13:13	כִסְּתָ֤ה	khisetah	has covered
Leviticus 16:13	וְ/כִסָּ֣ה	vekhisah	that it may cover
Leviticus 17:13	וְ/כִסָּ֖/הוּ	vekhisahu	and cover it
Numbers 4:5	וְ/כִ֨סּוּ	vekhisu	and cover
Numbers 4:8	וְ/כִסּ֣וּ	vekhisu	and cover
Numbers 4:9	וְ/כִסּ֞וּ	vekhisu	and cover
Numbers 4:11	וְ/כִסּ֣וּ	vekhisu	and cover
Numbers 4:12	וְ/כִסּ֣וּ	vekhisu	and cover
Numbers 4:15	לְ/כַסֹּ֨ת	lekhasot	to-cover
Numbers 9:15	כִּסָּ֤ה	kisah	covered
Numbers 9:16	יְכַסֶּ֑/נּוּ	yekhasenu	covered it
Numbers 16:33	וַ/תְּכַ֤ס	vatekhas	and covered
Numbers 17:7	כִסָּ֖ה/וּ	khisahu	had covered it
Numbers 22:5	כִסָּה֙	khisah	they cover
Numbers 22:11	וַ/יְכַ֖ס	vayekhas	and covers
Deuteronomy 13:9	תְכַסֶּ֖ה	tekhaseh	you shall cover
Deuteronomy 22:12	תְּכַסֶּה	tekhaseh	you-cover
Deuteronomy 23:14	וְ/כִסִּ֥יתָ	vekhisita	and-you-will-cover
Joshua 24:7	וַ/יְכַסֵּ֔/הוּ	vayekhasehu	and covered him
Judges 4:18	וַ/תְּכַסֵּ֖/הוּ	vatekhasehu	and she covered him
Judges 4:19	וַ/תְּכַסֵּֽ/הוּ	vatekhasehu	and covered-him
1 Samuel 19:13	וַ/תְּכַ֖ס	vatekhas	and covered
1 Kings 1:1	וַ/יְכַסֻּ֨/הוּ֙	vayekhasuhu	they covered him
1 Kings 7:18	לְ/כַסּ֤וֹת	lekhasot	to cover
1 Kings 7:41	לְ/כַסּ֗וֹת	lekhasot	to-cover
1 Kings 7:42	לְ/כַסּ֗וֹת	lekhasot	to cover
1 Kings 11:29	מִתְכַּסֶּה֙	mitekaseh	had clothed himself
2 Kings 19:1	וַ/יִּתְכַּ֣ס	vayitekas	and covered himself
2 Kings 19:2	מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים	mitekasim	covered
Isaiah 6:2	יְכַסֶּ֣ה	yekhaseh	he covered
Isaiah 6:2	יְכַסֶּ֥ה	yekhaseh-2	he covered
Isaiah 11:9	מְכַסִּֽים	mekhasim	cover
Isaiah 26:21	תְכַסֶּ֥ה	tekhaseh	longer cover
Isaiah 29:10	כִּסָּֽה	kisah	he has covered
Isaiah 37:1	וַ/יִּתְכַּ֣ס	vayitekas	and covered himself
Isaiah 37:2	מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים	mitekasim	covered
Isaiah 51:16	כִּסִּיתִ֑י/ךָ	kisitikha	I-have-covered-you
Isaiah 58:7	וְ/כִסִּית֔/וֹ	vekhisito	and cover him
Isaiah 59:6	יִתְכַּסּ֖וּ	yitekasu	shall they cover themselves
Isaiah 60:2	יְכַסֶּה	yekhaseh	will cover
Isaiah 60:6	תְּכַסֵּ֗/ךְ	tekhasekhe	will cover you
Jeremiah 3:25	וּֽ/תְכַסֵּ/נוּ֮	utekhasenu	and let it cover us
Jeremiah 46:8	אֲכַסֶּה	akhaseh	I will cover
Jeremiah 51:42	נִכְסָֽתָה	nikhesatah	she is covered
Jeremiah 51:51	כִּסְּתָ֥ה	kisetah	has covered
Ezekiel 1:11	מְכַסּ֔וֹת	mekhasot	covering
Ezekiel 1:23	מְכַסּוֹת֙	mekhasot	covering
Ezekiel 1:23	מְכַסּוֹת֙	mekhasot-2	covering
Ezekiel 7:18	וְ/כִסְּתָ֥ה	vekhisetah	and will cover
Ezekiel 12:6	תְכַסֶּ֔ה	tekhaseh	you shall cover
Ezekiel 12:12	יְכַסֶּ֔ה	yekhaseh	he-will-cover
Ezekiel 16:8	וָ/אֲכַסֶּ֖ה	vaakhaseh	and I covered
Ezekiel 16:10	וַ/אֲכַסֵּ֖/ךְ	vaakhasekhe	and I covered you
Ezekiel 16:18	וַ/תְּכַסִּ֑י/ם	vatekhasim	and you covered them
Ezekiel 18:7	יְכַסֶּה	yekhaseh	covers
Ezekiel 18:16	כִּסָּה	kisah	covered
Ezekiel 24:7	לְ/כַסּ֥וֹת	lekhasot	to cover
Ezekiel 24:8	הִכָּסֽוֹת	hikasot	be covered
Ezekiel 26:10	יְכַסֵּ֣/ךְ	yekhasekhe	will cover you
Ezekiel 26:19	וְ/כִסּ֖וּ/ךְ	vekhisukhe	and-cover-you
Ezekiel 30:18	יְכַסֶּ֔/נָּה	yekhasenah	will cover it
Ezekiel 31:15	כִּסֵּ֤תִי	kiseti	I covered
Ezekiel 32:7	וְ/כִסֵּיתִ֤י	vekhiseyti	and-I-will-cover
Ezekiel 32:7	אֲכַסֶּ֔/נּוּ	akhasenu	I-will-cover-it
Ezekiel 38:9	לְ/כַסּ֥וֹת	lekhasot	to-cover
Ezekiel 38:16	לְ/כַסּ֣וֹת	lekhasot	to-cover
Ezekiel 41:16	מְכֻסּֽוֹת	mekhusot	were covered
Hosea 2:11	לְ/כַסּ֖וֹת	lekhasot	to-cover
Hosea 10:8	כַּסּ֔וּ/נוּ	kasunu	cover us
Obadiah 1:10	תְּכַסְּ/ךָ֣	tekhasekha	shall cover you
Jonah 3:6	וַ/יְכַ֣ס	vayekhas	and he covered
Jonah 3:8	וְ/יִתְכַּסּ֣וּ	veyitekasu	and let them cover themselves
Micah 7:10	וּ/תְכַסֶּ֣/הָ	utekhaseha	and shame will cover her
Habakkuk 2:14	יְכַסּ֥וּ	yekhasu	cover
Habakkuk 2:17	יְכַסֶּ֔/ךָּ	yekhasekha	will cover you
Habakkuk 3:3	כִּסָּ֤ה	kisah	covered
Malachi 2:13	כַּסּ֤וֹת	kasot	covering
Malachi 2:16	וְ/כִסָּ֤ה	vekhisah	and-he-covers
Psalms 32:1	כְּס֣וּי	kesuy	whose sin is covered
Psalms 32:5	כִסִּ֗יתִי	khisiti	I covered
Psalms 40:11	כִסִּ֨יתִי	khisiti	have I covered
Psalms 44:16	כִּסָּֽתְ/נִי	kisateni	covers me
Psalms 44:20	וַ/תְּכַ֖ס	vatekhas	and you covered
Psalms 55:6	וַ֝/תְּכַסֵּ֗/נִי	vatekhaseni	and horror has overwhelmed me
Psalms 69:8	כִּסְּתָ֖ה	kisetah	has-covered
Psalms 78:53	כִּסָּ֥ה	kisah	covered
Psalms 80:11	כָּסּ֣וּ	kasu	covered
Psalms 85:3	כִּסִּ֖יתָ	kisita	you have covered
Psalms 104:6	כִּסִּית֑/וֹ	kisito	you covered it
Psalms 104:9	לְ/כַסּ֥וֹת	lekhasot	to cover
Psalms 106:11	וַ/יְכַסּוּ	vayekhasu	and covered
Psalms 106:17	וַ֝/תְּכַ֗ס	vatekhas	and-covered
Psalms 140:10	יכסו/מו	ykhsvmv	cover them
Psalms 140:10	יְכַסֵּֽ/מוֹ	yekhasemo	let cover them
Psalms 143:9	כִסִּֽתִי	khisiti	I have hidden myself
Psalms 147:8	הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֬ה	hamekhaseh	who covers
Proverbs 10:6	יְכַסֶּ֥ה	yekhaseh	conceals
Proverbs 10:11	יְכַסֶּ֥ה	yekhaseh	conceals
Proverbs 10:12	תְּכַסֶּ֥ה	tekhaseh	covers
Proverbs 10:18	מְכַסֶּ֣ה	mekhaseh	conceals
Proverbs 11:13	מְכַסֶּ֥ה	mekhaseh	conceals
Proverbs 12:16	וְ/כֹסֶ֖ה	vekhoseh	covers
Proverbs 12:23	כֹּ֣סֶה	koseh	conceals
Proverbs 17:9	מְֽכַסֶּה	mekhaseh	he who covers
Proverbs 24:31	כָּסּ֣וּ	kasu	had covered
Proverbs 26:26	תִּכַּסֶּ֣ה	tikaseh	is covered
Proverbs 28:13	מְכַסֶּ֣ה	mekhaseh	conceals
Job 9:24	יְכַסֶּ֑ה	yekhaseh	he covers
Job 15:27	כִסָּ֣ה	khisah	he has covered
Job 16:18	תְּכַסִּ֣י	tekhasi	cover
Job 21:26	תְּכַסֶּ֥ה	tekhaseh	covers
Job 22:11	תְּכַסֶּֽ/ךָּ	tekhasekha	covers you
Job 23:17	כִּסָּה	kisah	covered
Job 31:33	כִּסִּ֣יתִי	kisiti	I have covered
Job 33:17	יְכַסֶּֽה	yekhaseh	he may cover
Job 36:30	כִּסָּֽה	kisah	he covers
Job 36:32	כִּסָּה	kisah	he covers
Job 38:34	תְּכַסֶּֽ/ךָּ	tekhasekha	may cover you
Ecclesiastes 6:4	יְכֻסֶּֽה	yekhuseh
Nehemiah 3:37	תְּכַס֙	tekhas	cover
1 Chronicles 21:16	מְכֻסִּ֥ים	mekhusim	clothed
2 Chronicles 4:12	לְ/כַסּ֗וֹת	lekhasot	to-cover
2 Chronicles 4:13	לְ/כַסּ֗וֹת	lekhasot	to-cover
2 Chronicles 5:8	וַ/יְכַסּ֧וּ	vayekhasu	and they covered

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Lexicon H3680

Morphology HVqrmsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H3680-21

Words from Root כסה (covering, concealing, enveloping, filling over hollows)

Word Usage (153 occurrences of H3680)

Lexicon `H3680`

Morphology `HVqrmsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H3680-21`