H7159 H7159
spread over, overlay, cover with a layer (especially of skin)
This verb describes spreading or laying something over a surface as a covering. In Ezekiel's vision of dry bones (37:6, 8), God promises to spread skin over the reconstituted skeletons, the final stage of bringing dead Israel back to life. The image is of overlaying or encrusting a surface with a covering layer. Cognate languages suggest forming a crust or coating. Here the miraculous restoration moves from skeleton to sinews to flesh to skin—the visible covering that makes bodies complete.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Spanish 'cubrir/cubrió' and English 'cover/will cover' capture the spreading action. Both uses in Ezekiel 37 describe the same miraculous process from different grammatical perspectives—God's promise (v. 6) and the prophet's observation (v. 8). The multilingual evidence consistently portrays this as covering or overlaying, the final touch in the resurrection vision that transforms bones into recognizable bodies. 2×
AR["وَأَكْسُوكُنَّ", "وَكَسَاهَا"]·ben["আর-ঢাকব", "আর-ঢাকল"]·DE["[ויקרם]", "[וקרמתי]"]·EN["and-I-will-cover", "and-covered"]·FR["et-couvrir"]·heb["ו-יקרם", "ו-קרמתי"]·HI["और-ढाँका", "और-मैं-ढाँकूँगा"]·ID["dan-Aku-akan-menutupi", "dan-menutupi"]·IT["[ויקרם]", "[וקרמתי]"]·jav["lan-Ingsun-nutupi", "lan-nutupi"]·KO["그리고-내가-덮으리라", "그리고-덮였다"]·PT["e-cobrirei", "e-cobriu"]·RU["и-покрою", "и-покрылись"]·ES["y-cubrió", "y-os-cubriré"]·SW["ikafunikwa", "nitafunika"]·TR["ve-kapladı", "ve-kaplayacağım"]·urd["اور-کھینچوں-گا-میں", "اور-کھینچی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קָרַם] vb. spread or lay something over (NH id. form a crust, so Hiph. יקרים על Ecclus 43:20; Aramaic קְרַם, ܩܪܰܡ, incrust, overlay);— Qal Pf. 1 s. וְקָרַמְתִּ֫י עֲלֵיכֶם עוֹר Ez 37:6 I will spread skin over you (i.e. the dry bones); Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקְרַם עֲלֵיהֶם עוֹר v 8 (so Gi van d. H.; Baer וַיִּקְרָם, of which conflicting explan. Ges§§ 9 u, 294), indef. subj. instead of pass.; but read Niph. וַיִּקָּ֫רֶם 𝔖 (cf. 𝔙) Co Berthol Toy Krae.