*ḥVpVś-: 'search, seek'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab ḥfš (Biella 182)	Biella 182	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ḥāpaś 'search' (BDB 344); ḥēpeś 'plot, device' (BDB 344)	BDB 344
Ugaritic	ḥpšt (HALOT 341)	HALOT 341
Arabic	ḥafaša (HALOT 341)	HALOT 341
Tigre	ḥafs/ša (HALOT 341)	HALOT 341
Syrian Aramaic	ḥps 'search' (Aramaic Root Atlas 0834)	Aramaic Root Atlas 0834
Judaic Aramaic	ḥps, ḥpš (HALOT 341; DJPA 212a apud CAL)	HALOT 341; DJPA 212a; CAL
Aramaic	ḥps (HALOT 341; CAL s.v. ḥps)	HALOT 341; CAL s.v. ḥps

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Geez ḥafaśa 'rake up, sweep up' (Leslau CDG 227) has the form but not the sense.

Updated 22 October 2026