to cover
sa.phan describes being covered, especially with cedar in descriptions of buildings, and once a portion kept reserved.
The prevailing use describes a structure covered or paneled, with the building passages explicitly associating the covering with cedar. A separate, less clear occurrence describes a portion as reserved in the setting of Deuteronomy 33:21.
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Covered or paneled structures · dominant
Passive participles describe architectural surfaces: in 1 Kings 7:3 the APB renders the structure "covered with cedar above," and in 1 Kings 7:7 it renders the hall "covered with cedar." The same building context appears in 1 Kings 6:9, Haggai 1:4, and Jeremiah 22:14, where the APB respectively describes covering a house, covered houses, and paneling with cedar.
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A portion kept reserved · rare
In Deuteronomy 33:21, the Qal passive participle occurs in the clause concerning the first portion; the APB renders that portion as "reserved." The verse does not make the precise relation between covering and reservation explicit, so this use remains less certain than the architectural passages.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the building passages, the APB uses "covered," "covered with cedar," and "panel it with cedar." In Deuteronomy 33:21 it uses "reserved"; These are presentations of the clauses rather than fixed translations of the term.