ספן ᴵ 1 to cover, panel (ceiling), roof. 2 to hide.
— Qal - סָפַן 1 he covered, paneled (ceiling), roofed; 2 he hid.
— Niph. - נִסְפַּן 1 was covered, was paneled, was roofed; 2 was hidden.
— Hiph. - הִסְפִּין he docked (said of a ship). [Related to Akka. sapānu, also shapānu (= to cover, overwhelm), sapannu (= concealment, depth of the sea), Ethiop. safana (= he dominated), Aram. סְפַן (= he covered, overlaid), Phoen. מספנתה (= her roof). cp. שָׂפוּן. cp. also ספן ᴵᴵ. Prob. related to צפן. cp. סְפִינָה.] Derivatives: סֶפֶן, סָפוּן ᴵ.