3680. kasah
Lexical Summary
kasah: to cover
Original Word: כָּסָה
Transliteration: kasah
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-saw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cover
Meaning: to plump, fill up hollows, to cover
Strong's Concordance
clad self, close, conceal, cover self, flee to hide, overwhelm

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 kasah.

see HEBREW kasah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3680. kasah

I. [כָּסָה‎] verb cover (Late Hebrew כָּסָה‎ Pi; Aramaic כְּסָא‎ chiefly Pa; Pa`el hide, cover; covering, garment; Arabic () clothe, garment; Assyrian kusû, cover: kusîtu, garment DlHWB 342) —

Qal, only Participle active כֹּסֶה‎; —

1 conceal shame Proverbs 12:16; knowledge 12:23.

2 passive (construct) חֲטָאָה כְּסוּיPsalm 32:1 covered in respect of sin (by God, which he thus puts out of sight) ("" נְשׂוּימֶּֿשַׁע‎).

Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נִכְסָ֑תָּה‎, covered, with waves Jeremiah 51:42; Infinitive construct הִכָּסוֺתEzekiel 24:8, (blood) not to be covered.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular כִּסָּהNumbers 9:15 12t.; suffix כִּסָּהוּLeviticus 17:13; Numbers 17:7; כִּסָּמוֺExodus 15:10; 3feminine singular כִּסְּתָהGenesis 38:15 5t.; 1 singular כִּסִּיתִיPsalm 32:5 3t.; כִּסֵּתִיEzekiel 31:15 (strike out Co); כִּסֵּיתִי32:7 13t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine singular יְכַסֶּהIsaiah 6:2 8t.; וַיְכַסExodus 10:15 4t.; suffix יְכַסֶּ֑דָּHabakkuk 2:17; יְכַסֶּנָּהEzekiel 30:18; 3masculine plural suffix יְכַסְיֻמוּExodus 15:5 41t. Imperfect; Imperative suffix כַּסּוּנוּHosea 10:8; Infinitive construct כַּסּוֺתMalachi 2:13 11t.; כַּסֹּתNumbers 4:15; suffix כַּסֹּתוֺExodus 26:13; Participle מְכַסֶּהProverbs 10:18 12t.; plural מְכַסִּיםIsaiah 11:9; feminine plural מְכַסּוֺתEzekiel 1:11, 23 (twice in verse); —

1 cover, clothe Judges 4:19; Ezekiel 16:10 (2 accusative), 16:18; Jonah 3:6 is apparently reflexive, with accusative of garment (strange; read perhaps וַיִּכָּס‎); nakedness Genesis 9:23 (J), Exodus 28:42 (P), Ezekiel 16:8; Hosea 2:11; the naked Isaiah 58:7; Ezekiel 18:7, 16 (+ accusative of thing); the face and legs of seraphim Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse); bodies of cherubim Ezekiel 1:11, 23 (twice in verse); the face Genesis 38:15 (J), Ezekiel 12:6, 12, figurative Job 23:17; earth with the great deep Psalm 104:6; heavens with glory Habakkuk 3:3; with בְּ‎ of the clothing Genesis 38:14 (J), Deuteronomy 22:12, these two apparently reflexive, compare Jonah 3:6 above; Judges 4:18; 1 Kings 1:1; heaven with clouds Psalm 147:8, with glory Ezekiel 32:7.

2 cover, conceal blood Genesis 37:26 (J), Job 16:18; human ordure Deuteronomy 23:14; mountains conceal men from God Hosea 10:8; cover transgressions Job 31:33; Proverbs 17:9; 28:13; iniquity Psalm 32:5; righteousness 40:11; hatred Proverbs 10:18; a thing 11:13; face of judge so that he cannot see justice Job 9:24; rulers and seers Isaiah 29:10; with בְּ‎ of covering Leviticus 17:13 (H), 1 Samuel 19:13; face by fat Job 15:27; sun by a cloud Ezekiel 32:7; with מִן‎ from whom Genesis 18:17 (J), Job 33:17.

3 cover (with covering of protection), a pit Exodus 21:33 (Covt. code); with cloud of incense, the Kapporeth Leviticus 16:13 (P); coverings of the sacred tent, tabernacle, and their furniture Exodus 26:13; Numbers 4:9, 15 (P); with בְּ‎ of the covering 4:5, 8, 11, 12 (P); Zion יָדִי בְּצֵלIsaiah 51:16.

4 cover, spread over, fat, the inwards Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3:3, 9, 14; 4:8 (with עַל‎), 7:3 (P); leprosy, the skin and flesh 13:12-13, (P); the cloud of the theophany, the mount Exodus 24:15-16, (P), the tent of meeting 40:34; Numbers 17:7 (P), and the tabernacle 9:15-16, (P); altar with tears Malachi 2:13 (2 accusative); Jerusalem with multitude of camels Isaiah 60:6; of handiwork 1 Kings 7:18, 41, 42 2 Chronicles 4:12-13,.

5 cover, overwhelm, followed by accusative, the sea the Egyptians Exodus 14:28 (P), 15:5, 10 (song), Joshua 24:7 (E), Psalm 78:53; 106:11; waters Job 22:11; 38:34; Psalm 104:9; Jeremiah 46:8; Ezekiel 26:19; locusts the eye of the land Exodus 10:5, 15 (J), also Israel Numbers 22:5, 11 (J); frogs the land Exodus 8:2 (P); quails the camp 16:13 (P); cloud the land Ezekiel 30:18; 38:9, 16; darkness the earth Isaiah 60:2; dust a city Ezekiel 26:10; the depths of the sea by God Job 36:30; with a reference to a person's shame Psalm 44:16; 69:8; Jeremiah 51:51; Obadiah 10; Micah 7:10; horror Psalm 55:6; Ezekiel 7:18; violence Proverbs 10:6, 11; Habakkuk 2:17; confusion Jeremiah 3:25; mischief Psalm 140:10; God covers sin 85:3 ("" עון נשׂא‎), compare 32:1 (Qal).

6 followed by על‎ of person or thing covered, cover over: cherubim over the ark 2 Chronicles 5:8; over the dead, the earth Numbers 16:33 (JE), Psalm 106:17; Isaiah 26:21, worms Job 21:26; dust over blood Ezekiel 24:7; waters over the sea Habakkuk 2:14, compare לַיָּםIsaiah 11:9; (see Dr§ 135. 7 Obs.); love covereth over all sins Proverbs 10:12; God covereth over iniquity Nehemiah 3:37; people not to cover over a guilty person Deuteronomy 13:9; + accusative of object covering (DaSynt. § 75), figurative covering over the garment with violence Malachi 2:16; God's hands with light Job 36:32; + בְּ‎ of covering Psalm 44:20.

Note. — כִסִּתִי אֵלֶיךָ) (Psalm 143:9 is error for חָסִיתִי‎ according to ᵐ5κατέφυγον SS, but חסה‎ not construct with אֶלֿ‎; חִכִּיתִי‎ Bae; אֶתתְּֿהוֺם עָלָיו כִּסֵּתִי הֶאֱבַלְתִּיEzekiel 31:15 according to Co I caused the deep to mourn for them (strike out כסתי‎).

Pual. Perfect3masculine plural כָּסּוּPsalm 80:11; Proverbs 24:31; Imperfect יְכֻסֶּהEcclesiastes 6:4; plural וַיְכֻסּוּGenesis 7:19-20, Participle plural מְכֻסִּים1 Chronicles 21:16; feminine plural מְכֻסּוֺתEzekiel 41:16.

1 followed by accusative be covered, hills with shadow Psalm 80:11; mountains with water Genesis 7:19-20, (P); field with nettles Proverbs 24:31; absolute, windows of temple Ezekiel 41:16.

2 followed by בְּ‎, be clothed, with sackcloth 1 Chronicles 21:16; name with darkness Ecclesiastes 6:4.

Hithpa`el Imperfect וַיִּתְכַּסIsaiah 37:1 = 2 Kings 19:1; 3feminine singular תִּכַּסֶּהProverbs 26:26; וַתִּתְכָּ֑סGenesis 24:65; plural יִתְכַּסּוּIsaiah 59:6; Jonah 3:8; Participle מִתְכַּסֶּה1 Kings 11:29; plural מִתְכַּסִּיםIsaiah 37:2 = 2 Kings 19:2; — cover, clothe oneself, absolute (of veil) Genesis 24:65 (J); with בְּ‎, of new garment 1 Kings 11:29; sackcloth 2 Kings 19:1-2,= Isaiah 37:1-2, figurative of works 59:6, of hatred with guile Proverbs 26:26; with accusative Jonah 3:5 (שַׂקִּים‎).








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