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ḥwpˀh (ḥuppāˀā) n.f. covering curtain
1
covering curtain
JLAtg
TgO Num4:14↗ וְיִפרְסוּן עֲלוֹהִי חוּפָאָה דִמשַך סָסְגוֹנָא‏
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covering (of clothing?)
LJLA
TgJob24:7↗ ולית להון חופאה בקורא‏ : they have no covering in the cold ; TgJob26:6↗ ולית חופאה לבית אובדנא‏ : [MT וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֲבַדּוֹן]
2
coating
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Num17:4↗ וֻנסֵיב אַלעָזָר כָהֲנָא יָת מַחתִיָת נְחָשָא דְקָרִיבוּ יְקֵידַיָא וְרַדִידוּנִין חוּפָאָה לְמַדבְחָא‏ : Elazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans that the burned ones had offered and hammered them into a coating for the altar ; PJ Num17:4↗ text not cited
3
roofing
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Gen8:13↗ וְאָעֲדִי נֹחַ יָת חוּפָאָה דְתֵיבוֹתָא‏ : Noah removed the ark's roof ; PJ Gen8:13↗ text not cited
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Compare s.v. ḥwpy, which is the correct lemma for the forms with a determined connotation.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 437Levy Ch-W: 1:275

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