◄ 2664. chaphas ►
Brown-Driver-Briggs [חָפַשׂ] verb search (ᵑ7Jer חֲפַס dig, seek; Palestinian, Syriac dig (Schw); perhaps Assyrian êppêšu, êtpêšu, sensible, LyonSargontexte 65) — Qal Imperfect2masculine singular suffix תַּחְמְּשֶׂ֫נָּה Proverbs 2:4; יַחְמְּשׂוּ Psalm 64:7; נַחְמְּשָׂה Lamentations 3:40; Participle חֹפֵשׂ Proverbs 20:27; — search, search out, figurative; 1 search for, object בִּינָה etc. Proverbs 2:4 ("" בקשׁ). 2 = think out, devise, with accusative עולות unjust acts Psalm 64:7 (compare also sub. Pu`al) 3 search = test, Lamentations 3:40 (object דרכינו; "" חקר), Proverbs 20:27. Niph`al Perfect נַחְמְּשׁוּ Obadiah 6 subject עֵשָׂו collective; searched out = exposed and plundered ("" נִבְעוּ מַצְמּוּנָיו). Pi`el Perfect וְחִמַּשְׂתִּ֫י 1 Samuel 23:23; וְחִמְּשׂוּ 1 Kings 20:6; Imperfect וַיְחַמֵּשׂ Genesis 31:35 2t.; אֲחַמֵּשׂ Amos 9:3; Zephaniah 1:12; Imperative חַמְּשׂוּ 2 Kings 10:23; — 1 search through, with accusative, a house 1 Kings 20:6, Jerusalem (metaphor) Zephaniah 1:12; no object expressed 2 Kings 10:23. 2 search for: a. a person with accusative 1 Samuel 23:23. b. a thing, with accusative Genesis 44:12 (J; Joseph searching for his cup); Genesis 31:35 (E; no object expressed, Laban looking for his teraphim); Amos 9:3 (׳י searching for evildoers), Psalm 77:7 (soul searching to understand ׳יs dealings with his servants). Pu`al Imperfect יְחֻמַּשׂ Proverbs 28:12 be searched for = be hidden; Participle מְחֻמָּשׂ Psalm 64:7 in ׳חֵפֶשׂ מ = a searched out search, i.e. a device well thought out (compare Che; "" Qal q. v.); see also חֵ֫פֶשׂ. Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְחַמֵּשׂ2Chronicles 35:22 (but ᵐ5 הִתְחַזֵּק, compare also ᵑ9 ᵑ63Esdr 1:26; so Be Öttli); Imperfect יִתְחַמֵּשׂ Job 30:18; וַיִּתְחַמֵּשׂ 1 Samuel 28:8 3t.; Infinitive absolute הִתְחַמֵּשׂ 1 Kings 22:30 2Chronicles 18:29; — disguise oneself (literally let oneself be searched for) 1 Samuel 28:8; 1 Kings 22:30 (twice in verse) = 2Chronicles 18:29 (twice in verse), 2Chronicles 35:22 (but see above), all of disguise by change of garments; 1 Kings 20:38 באפר i.e. with headgear over eyes; subject לבושׂ Job 30:18, i.e. his garment is disguised, no longer looks like the mantle it is. Forms and Transliterations אֲחַפֵּ֖שׂ אֲחַפֵּ֥שׂ אחפש הִתְחַפֵּ֔שׂ הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ התחפש וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙ וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂ וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂ וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ וחפשו וחפשתי ויחפש ויתחפש חֵ֣פֶשׂ חַפְּשׂ֤וּ חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ חפש חפשו יְחֻפַּ֥שׂ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ־ יחפש יחפשו־ יתחפש נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה נחפשה נחפשו תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ תחפשנה׃ ’ă·ḥap·pêś ’ăḥappêś achapPes chappeSu Chefes choFes ḥap·pə·śū ḥappəśū ḥê·p̄eś ḥêp̄eś hiṯ·ḥap·pêś hitchapPes hiṯḥappêś ḥō·p̄êś ḥōp̄êś nachpeSah naḥ·pə·śāh naḥpəśāh nechpeSu neḥ·pə·śū neḥpəśū tachpeSennah taḥ·pə·śen·nāh taḥpəśennāh vaiyitchapPes vaychapPes vechippasTi vechippeSu way·ḥap·pêś way·yiṯ·ḥap·pêś wayḥappêś wayyiṯḥappêś wə·ḥip·paś·tî wə·ḥip·pə·śū wəḥippaśtî wəḥippəśū yachpesu yaḥ·pə·śū- yaḥpəśū- yə·ḥup·paś yechupPas yəḥuppaś yiṯ·ḥap·pêś yitchapPes yiṯḥappêś Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts