Lexical Definition

‎חָשַׂף‎ châsaph (khaw-saf') to strip ^H:V
a primitive root

make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.

• to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)

1) to strip, strip off, lay bare, make bare, draw out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to strip off
1a2) to strip, lay bare
1a3) to draw (water), skim, take from the surface

See Greek: ἀνακαλύπτω · ἀποκαλύπτω · ἐρευνάω · ἐρευνάω · κατασύρω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָשַׂף‎ verb strip off, strip, make bare —

Qal Perfect ‎חָשַׂף‎ Isa 52:10, ‎חֲשָׂפָהּ‎ Joel 1:7, ‎חָשַׂפְתִּי‎ Jer 13:26; Jer 49:10 Imperfect ‎וַיֶּחֱשׂף‎ Ps 29:9 Imperative feminine singular ‎חֶשְׂפִּיֿ‎ Isa 47:2 Infinitive absolute ‎חָשׂף‎ Joel 1:7 construct ‎לַחְשׂף‎ Isa 30:14; Hag 2:16 Passive participle ‎חֲשׂוּפָה‎ Ezek 4:7, ‎חֲשׂוּפַי‎ Isa 20:4 (plural construct ? compare below). —

1. strip off, expose oneself by removing (object ‎שֹׁבֶל‎, flowing skirt, train) Isa 47:2 of Babylon, personified as queen (|| ‎גַּלִּי שׁוֺק‎), ‎שׁוּלַיִךְ עַלפָּֿנַיִךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Jer 13:26.

2. strip, lay bare, figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 52:10 object ‎זְרוֺעַ קדשׁו‎; of prophet, Ezek 4:7 (but Co strike out see as interpolation); object person Jer 49:10 (|| ‎גִּלֵּיתִי‎); ‎חָשׂף חשׂפהּ‎ Joel 1:7 of locusts stripping fig-tree; ‎חֲשׂוּפַי שֵׁת‎ Isa 20:4 (participle either singular collective, with formative ending ‎יַ֯‎, De Lag^{Se i. 19} (compare 69), BN 192; or plural construct, see Ges^{«GKC:87»§ 87}, 1 c.); ‎יְעָרוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 29:9 of voice of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (i.e. a storm) stripping forests.

3. draw (water) Isa 30:14 (wine) Hag 2:16 properly take from the surface, skim.

‎חֲשׂוּפַי‎ Isa 20:4 see ‎חשׂף‎. above

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