Words the Bible translates as overlay
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsaphahצָפָהto overlay a surface with a thin applied layer, especially to plate wood or stone with metal
- ḥaphahחָפָהto put a covering over a surface: to cover a person's head or face, or to clad a wall or object with a layer of gold, silver, or fine wood
- tu'aḥטוּחַto coat a surface by spreading something over it: to plaster, daub, or overlay, most often mortar on a wall
- raqaרָקַעto pound something flat, and so to stretch it out into a wide, thin surface.
- alaphעָלַףto cover something over: to overlay a surface, or to draw a covering close around a body
+1 more meaning
- to grow faint: to be overcome until strength fails and the body gives way
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