to cover
cha.phah describes placing a covering over buildings or over a person's head, often in scenes of grief or shame.
The attested use most often concerns heads being covered in mourning, humiliation, or distress; it also describes overlaying parts of a house with wood or gold. One participial occurrence in Psalm 68:14 is less clear from the supplied translation, which describes snow on Mount Zalmon.
Senses in use
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Heads covered in distress or mourning · dominant
In 2 Samuel 15:30, the Qal passive participle occurs as David and the people go up weeping, each with his head covered. Esther 6:12 and Esther 7:8 likewise place the form with Haman's covered head or face, while Jeremiah 14:3 and Jeremiah 14:4 join covered heads to shame, humiliation, and the lack of rain.
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Overlaying parts of a house · common
In 2 Chronicles 3:5, the APB renders the building action as covering the large house with cypress wood and overlaying it with gold. The sequential imperfects in 2 Chronicles 3:7 and 2 Chronicles 3:8 occur where the house and its parts are covered with gold, and 2 Chronicles 3:9 applies the action to the upper rooms.
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Participle in the Mount Zalmon scene · rare
Psalm 68:14 contains a Niphal feminine singular participle in a clause that the APB renders, "it snows on Mount Zalmon." The supplied verse does not isolate the term's specific contribution beyond the broader covering-related gloss.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "covered" for heads, faces, and building surfaces, and uses "overlaid" alongside the house in 2 Chronicles 3:5. In Psalm 68:14, it instead renders the clause as snow on Mount Zalmon; That wording does not by itself identify the term's precise contribution.