חָפַשׂ

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix תַּחְפְּשֶׂ֫נָּה Ord 2,4 יַחְפְּשׂוּ Sl 64,7 נַחְפְּשָׂה Klg 3,40 Participle חֹפֵשׂ Ord 20,27 — search, search out, figurative;

1. search for, object בִּינָה etc. Ord 2,4 (|| בקשׁ).

2. = think out, devise, with accusative עולות unjust acts Sl 64,7 (compare also sub. Pu`al)

3. search = test, Klg 3,40 (object דרכינו; || חקר), Ord 20,27. Niph`al Perfect נַחְפְּשׁוּ Ob 1,6 subject עֵשָׂו collective; searched out = exposed and plundered (|| נִבְעוּ מַצְפּוּנָיו). Pi`el Perfect וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֫י 1 Sam 23,23 וְחִפְּשׂוּ 1 Kong 20,6 Imperfect וַיְחַפֵּשׂ 1 Mos 31,35 + 2 t.; אֲחַפֵּשׂ Amos 9,3; Sef 1,12 Imperative חַפְּשׂוּ 2 Kong 10,23 —

1. search through, with accusative, a house 1 Kong 20,6, Jerusalem (metaphor) Sef 1,12 no object expressed 2 Kong 10,23.

2. search for:
\ \ a. a person with accusative 1 Sam 23,23.
\ \ b. a thing, with accusative 1 Mos 44,12 (J; Joseph searching for his cup); 1 Mos 31,35 (E; no object expressed, Laban looking for his teraphim); Amos 9,3 (׳י searching for evildoers), Sl 77,7 (soul searching to understand ׳י's dealings with his servants). Pu`al Imperfect יְחֻפַּשׂ Ord 28,12 be searched for = be hidden; Participle מְחֻפָּשׂ Sl 64,7 in ׳חֵפֶשׂ מ = a searched out search, i.e. a device well thought out (compare Che; || Qal q. v.); see also חֵ֫פֶשׂ. Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְחַפֵּשׂ 2 Kron 35,22 (but ᵐ5 הִתְחַזֵּק, compare also ᵑ9 ᵑ6 3 Esdr 1:26; so Be Öttli); Imperfect יִתְחַפֵּשׂ Job 30,18 וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ 1 Sam 28,8 + 3 t.; Infinitive absolute הִתְחַפֵּשׂ 1 Kong 22,30 = 2 Kron 18,29 — disguise oneself (literally let oneself be searched for) 1 Sam 28,8; 1 Kong 22,30 (twice in verse) = 2 Kron 18,29 (twice in verse), 2 Kron 35,22 (but see above), all of disguise by change of garments; 1 Kong 20,38 באפר i.e. with headgear over eyes; subject לבושׂ Job 30,18, i.e. his garment is disguised, no longer looks like the mantle it is.