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sēld, sēl´ing (the King James Version and the English Revised Version Cieled, Cieling; the Hebrew words for “ceiled†are חפה, ḥippāh, ספן, ṣāphan, שׂחיף, sāḥı̄ph; for “ceiling,†ספן, ṣippun): Ceiling occurs only in . It comes from the root ṣāphan, meaning “to cover.†It has its common meaning of the upper surface of a room; there is, however, some doubt of the textual Ceiled is found in ((ḥippāh); ; (ṣāphan in both); (sāḥı̄ph)), the text of the last passage being doubtful. In none of these cases does “ceiled†refer to the upper surface of a room, but to the covering or paneling of the inner walls of a house with cedar or other costly wood. This is in accordance with a common early use of the English word, no longer frequent.