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חָפָא

cha.pah

to do secretly

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Strong’s H2644Verb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

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Translated as

they did secretly1

In the text

2 Kings 17:9וַיְחַפְּאוּ
The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָפָא] vb. do secretly;—only Pi. 2 K 17:9

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.