chash.rah denotes a gathered covering associated with darkness, dark waters, and thick clouds.

The single attested use places the construct-form noun within a description of a dark covering associated with dark waters and thick clouds.

1. Gathered dark covering · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 22:12, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the clause describing darkness as a covering, alongside dark waters and thick clouds; the APB renders the verse, "He made darkness his covering, a canopy of dark waters and thick clouds."

   2 Samuel 22:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Samuel 22:12, the APB presents the surrounding image as "a canopy of dark waters and thick clouds." Its exact English contribution cannot be isolated with certainty.