kuv´ẽr , kuv´ẽr -ing : The translation of several Hebrew words. The covering of the ark (מכסה , mikhṣeh , Genesis 8:13 ) was possibly the lid of a hatchway (compare Mitchell, World before Abraham , 215).
To the sons of Kohath was assigned the task of caring for the furniture of the Tabernacle whenever the camp was moved, a suitable covering (כּסה , kāṣāh ) of sealskin being designated for each of the specially sacred objects, the temple curtains also being used (Numbers 4:8 , Numbers 4:9 , Numbers 4:11 , Numbers 4:12 ).
Numbers 19:15 ( cāmı̄dh ) may refer to anything used as a lid or covering; Job 24:7; Job 31:19 ( keṣūth ) refer to clothing or bed-covering.
Figurative: "Abaddon hath no covering"; ( keṣūth ) from God (Job 26:6 ); "He will destroy ... the face of the covering (ha -lōṭ ) that covereth all peoples" (Isaiah 25:7 ). The removal of the veil, often worn as a token of mourning (compare 2 Samuel 19:4 ), signified the destruction of death.
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