† I. [
כָּסָה] 
verb cover (Late Hebrew 
כָּסָה Pi; Aramaic 
כְּסָא chiefly Pa; 

 Pa. 
hide, cover; 
 covering
 covering, 
 garment
 garment; Arabic 

 (

) 
clothe, 
 garment
 garment; Assyrian 
kusû, cover: 
kusîtu, garment Dl
HWB 342) — 
Qal, only 
Participle active כֹּסֶה; — 
    2. passive (construct) 
כְּסוּי חֲטָאָה Psalm 32:1 covered in respect of sin (by God, which he thus puts out of sight) (|| 
נְשׂוּ־פֶּשַׁע).
 
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִכְסָ֑תָּה, 
covered, with waves 
Jeremiah 51:42; 
Infinitive construct הִכָּסוֺת Ezekiel 24:8, (blood) not to be covered. 
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular כִּסָּה Numbers 9:15 + 
12 times; suffix 
כִּסָּהוּ Leviticus 17:13; 
Numbers 17:7; 
כִּסָּמוֺ Exodus 15:10; 
3rd person feminine singular כִּסְּתָה Genesis 38:15 + 
5 times; 
1st person singular כִּסִּיתִי Psalm 32:5 + 
3 times; 
כִּסֵּתִי Ezekiel 31:15 (strike out Co); 
כִּסֵּיתִי Ezekiel 32:7 + 
13 times Perfect; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְכַסֶּה Isaiah 6:2 + 
8 times; 
וַיְכַס Exodus 10:15 + 
4 times; suffix 
יְכַסֶּ֑דָּ Habakkuk 2:17; 
יְכַסֶּנָּה Ezekiel 30:18; 
3rd person masculine plural suffix 
יְכַסְיֻמוּ Exodus 15:5 + 
41 times Imperfect; 
Imperative suffix 
כַּסּוּנוּ Hosea 10:8; 
Infinitive construct כַּסּוֺת Malachi 2:13 + 
11 times; 
כַּסֹּת Numbers 4:15; suffix 
כַּסֹּתוֺ Exodus 26:13; 
Participle מְכַסֶּה Proverbs 10:18 + 
12 times; plural 
מְכַסִּים Isaiah 11:9; feminine plural 
מְכַסּוֺת Ezekiel 1:11, 
23 (twice in verse); — 
    1. cover, clothe Judges 4:19; 
Ezekiel 16:10 (2 accusative), 
Ezekiel 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.
 
    4. cover, spread over, fat, the inwards 
Exodus 29:13, 
22; 
Leviticus 3:3, 
9, 
14; 
Leviticus 4:8 (with 
עַל), 
Leviticus 7:3 (P); leprosy, the skin and flesh 
Leviticus 13:12, 
13 (P); the cloud of the theophany, the mount 
Exodus 24:15, 
16 (P), the tent of meeting 
Exodus 40:34; 
Numbers 17:7 (P), and the tabernacle 
Numbers 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), 
Exodus 15:5, 
10 (song), 
Joshua 24:7 (E), 
Psalm 78:53; 
Psalm 106:11; waters 
Job 22:11; 
Job 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 
Exodus 16:13 (P); cloud the land 
Ezekiel 30:18; 
Ezekiel 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; 
Psalm 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 Psalm 85:3 (|| 
נשׂא עון), compare 
Psalm 32:1 (Qal).
 
Note. — 
(אֵלֶיךָ) כִסִּתִי Psalm 143:9 is error for 
חָסִיתִי according to 
 κατέφυγον
 κατέφυγον SS, but 
חסה not construct with 
אֶלֿ; 
חִכִּיתִי Bae; 
הֶאֱבַלְתִּי כִּסֵּתִי עָלָיו אֶתתְּֿהוֺם Ezekiel 31:15 according to Co 
I caused the deep to mourn for them (strike out 
כסתי). 
Pual. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural כָּסּוּ Psalm 80:11; 
Proverbs 24:31; 
Imperfect יְכֻסֶּה Ecclesiastes 6:4; 
plural וַיְכֻסּוּ Genesis 7:19, 
20; 
Participle plural 
מְכֻסִּים 1 Chronicles 21:16; feminine plural 
מְכֻסּוֺת Ezekiel 41:16. 
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְכַּס Isaiah 37:1 = 
2 Kings 19:1; 
3rd person feminine singular תִּכַּסֶּה Proverbs 26:26; 
וַתִּתְכָּ֑ס Genesis 24:65; plural 
יִתְכַּסּוּ Isaiah 59:6; 
Jonah 3:8; 
Participle מִתְכַּסֶּה 1 Kings 11:29; plural 
מִתְכַּסִּים Isaiah 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 
Isaiah 59:6, of hatred with guile 
Proverbs 26:26; with accusative 
Jonah 3:5 (
H8242 שַׂקִּים).
														
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