BDB3200 [H2834]

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.