החופה

חפי, חָפָה(b. h.; cmp. חפף I) 1) to cover, spread over. Ḥull.III, 7 וכנפיו חוֹפִיןוכ׳ and whose wings cover the largest portion of its body. Sot.IX, 15 (49a) וחָפוּ ראשם and covered their heads (in shame).Part. pass. חָפוּי. Esth. R. to VI, 12 וחֲפוּי ראשוכ׳ and his head covered (in shame) over what had happened to him; Meg.16a. 2) to bend, curve. Yoma 47a חוֹפֶה שלשוכ׳ he bends three of his fingers (grasping with them) up to ; cmp. חָפַן. Pi. חִיפָּה 1) to cover, strew over. Tosef.Kil.I, 15 המְחַפֶּה who covers up (mixed seeds with earth); M. Kat. 2b; Macc.21b. Ib. החופה ed. (Ms. M. המח׳). Y.Kil.VII, 31b לא במחפה is it not because in plowing over he covers the seeds up? Shebi. IV, 5 לא יְהַפֵּהוּ בעפר he must not cover it (the cut) with loose ground, opp. to ( כסה) covering with stones. Y.Taan.II, beg.65a אבותינו חִיפּוּ … חִיפִּינוּוכ׳ our ancestors covered it (the readers desk) with gold, and we with dust; Nidd.16a ותְחַפֶּנָּהּוכ׳ and semen virile may have covered it up; a. e. 2) to cover over, to protect from justice, to be partial. Shebu.39a מפני שמְחַפִּין עליו because they (the publicans or robbers relations) protect him. Ex. R. s. 30 היו מְחַפִּין אותו tried to protect him; a. e. 3) (cmp. גָּבַב) ( to heap up words, to invent fictions (v. 2 Kings 17:9). Gen. R. s. 94 (play on חפים, ib. XLVI, 2 1) שחִיפּוּ עליו דבריםוכ׳ about whom they invented a fiction (Gen. 37:3).

חפי, חָפָה(b. h.; cmp. חפף I) 1) to cover, spread over. Ḥull.III, 7 וכנפיו חוֹפִיןוכ׳ and whose wings cover the largest portion of its body. Sot.IX, 15 (49a) וחָפוּ ראשם and covered their heads (in shame).Part. pass. חָפוּי. Esth. R. to VI, 12 וחֲפוּי ראשוכ׳ and his head covered (in shame) over what had happened to him; Meg.16a. 2) to bend, curve. Yoma 47a חוֹפֶה שלשוכ׳ he bends three of his fingers (grasping with them) up to ; cmp. חָפַן. Pi. חִיפָּה 1) to cover, strew over. Tosef.Kil.I, 15 המְחַפֶּה who covers up (mixed seeds with earth); M. Kat. 2b; Macc.21b. Ib. החופה ed. (Ms. M. המח׳). Y.Kil.VII, 31b לא במחפה is it not because in plowing over he covers the seeds up? Shebi. IV, 5 לא יְהַפֵּהוּ בעפר he must not cover it (the cut) with loose ground, opp. to ( כסה) covering with stones. Y.Taan.II, beg.65a אבותינו חִיפּוּ … חִיפִּינוּוכ׳ our ancestors covered it (the readers desk) with gold, and we with dust; Nidd.16a ותְחַפֶּנָּהּוכ׳ and semen virile may have covered it up; a. e. 2) to cover over, to protect from justice, to be partial. Shebu.39a מפני שמְחַפִּין עליו because they (the publicans or robbers relations) protect him. Ex. R. s. 30 היו מְחַפִּין אותו tried to protect him; a. e. 3) (cmp. גָּבַב) ( to heap up words, to invent fictions (v. 2 Kings 17:9). Gen. R. s. 94 (play on חפים, ib. XLVI, 2 1) שחִיפּוּ עליו דבריםוכ׳ about whom they invented a fiction (Gen. 37:3).

חפי, חָפָה(b. h.; cmp. חפף I) 1) to cover, spread over. Ḥull.III, 7 וכנפיו חוֹפִיןוכ׳ and whose wings cover the largest portion of its body. Sot.IX, 15 (49a) וחָפוּ ראשם and covered their heads (in shame).Part. pass. חָפוּי. Esth. R. to VI, 12 וחֲפוּי ראשוכ׳ and his head covered (in shame) over what had happened to him; Meg.16a. 2) to bend, curve. Yoma 47a חוֹפֶה שלשוכ׳ he bends three of his fingers (grasping with them) up to ; cmp. חָפַן. Pi. חִיפָּה 1) to cover, strew over. Tosef.Kil.I, 15 המְחַפֶּה who covers up (mixed seeds with earth); M. Kat. 2b; Macc.21b. Ib. החופה ed. (Ms. M. המח׳). Y.Kil.VII, 31b לא במחפה is it not because in plowing over he covers the seeds up? Shebi. IV, 5 לא יְהַפֵּהוּ בעפר he must not cover it (the cut) with loose ground, opp. to ( כסה) covering with stones. Y.Taan.II, beg.65a אבותינו חִיפּוּ … חִיפִּינוּוכ׳ our ancestors covered it (the readers desk) with gold, and we with dust; Nidd.16a ותְחַפֶּנָּהּוכ׳ and semen virile may have covered it up; a. e. 2) to cover over, to protect from justice, to be partial. Shebu.39a מפני שמְחַפִּין עליו because they (the publicans or robbers relations) protect him. Ex. R. s. 30 היו מְחַפִּין אותו tried to protect him; a. e. 3) (cmp. גָּבַב) ( to heap up words, to invent fictions (v. 2 Kings 17:9). Gen. R. s. 94 (play on חפים, ib. XLVI, 2 1) שחִיפּוּ עליו דבריםוכ׳ about whom they invented a fiction (Gen. 37:3).