H2659

חָפֵר

cha.pherH:V

be ashamed

1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed 1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed 1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. [חָפֵר] verb be abashed, ashamed (ᵑ7 חֲפַר Prov 13:5, מַחְפְּרָנָא one causing shame Prov 19:26 Syriac , especially Aph`el be ashamed, put to shame; Arabic be bashful, shy, bashful; Ethiopic be ashamed, blush) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular חָֽפְרָה Jer 50:12 וְחָֽפְרָה consecutive Isa 24:23 וְחָפֵ֑רָה Jer 15:9 חָֽפְרוּ Ps 71:24 וְחָֽפְרוּ consecutive Mic 3:7 Imperfect יַחְפְּרוּ Ps 35:4 + 4 t.; יֶחְפָּ֑רוּ Ps 34:6 וַיֶּחְפָּ֑רוּ Job 6:20 תַּחְפְּרוּ Isa 1:29 — be abashed, ashamed, said of face Ps 34:6 (avoided by looking to ׳י); elsewhere always || בּוֺשׁ, of enemies of righteousness Ps 71:24; Ps 35:4; Ps 35:26; Ps 40:15 = Ps 70:3; Ps 83:18 of idolaters Isa 1:29 diviners Mic 3:7 of distressed Jerusalem Jer 15:9 so of Babylon Jer 50:12 of moon Isa 24:33 be put to shame (disappointment), of caravans looking for water Job 6:20. Hiph`il Perfect הֶחְפִּיר Isa 33:9 Imperfect יַחְפִּיר Prov 13:5 תַּחְפִּ֫ירִי Isa 54:4 Participle מַחְפִּיר Prov 19:26 — display shame, figurative of Lebanon Isa 33:9 (|| קָמַ֑ל 'dried up' Che); of Israel Isa 54:4 (|| בּוֺשׁ Qal); of an unfilial son, cause shame Prov 19:26 (|| מֵבִישׁ); compare Prov 13:5 of wicked (|| יבאישׁ: see באשׁ Hiph`il above).


9 occurrences

Psalms (2), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2), Micah (1)