to overspread
tu.ach denotes applying a covering to a surface, especially whitewash on a wall, and also replastering or overlaying a house.
The dominant use concerns people applying whitewash to a wall in Ezekiel; the same action appears in house replastering in Leviticus and in overlaying house walls with precious metals in 1 Chronicles.
Senses in use
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Applying whitewash to a wall · dominant
In Ezekiel 13:10 and Ezekiel 13:11, plural active participles identify those who apply whitewash while a wall is being built and warn that the wall will fall. In Ezekiel 13:12, Ezekiel 13:14, and Ezekiel 13:15, second-person plural perfect forms refer back to the coating placed on that wall; Ezekiel 22:28 likewise places the plural perfect form in a clause about prophets and whitewash.
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Replastering a house · common
In Leviticus 14:42, the sequential perfect occurs after replacement stones and other dust are brought for the house; the APB renders the resulting action “replaster the house.” In Leviticus 14:43 and Leviticus 14:48, Niphal infinitive constructs occur in clauses about the house after it has been replastered.
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Overlaying house walls · rare
In 1 Chronicles 29:4, the Qal infinitive construct follows gold and refined silver designated for the walls of the houses; the APB renders the clause “to overlay the walls of the houses.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB uses “overspread with whitewash” and “smeared whitewash” for the Ezekiel wall scenes, “replaster” for the house passages, and “overlay” for the walls in 1 Chronicles. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.