1) to move to and fro, wave

1a) (Qal) to move

1b) (Polel) to wave, brandish (in threat)

1c) (Hiphil) to swing, wield, wave

1c1) to wield

1c2) to wave or shake (the hand)

1c2a) to wave (hand)

1c2b) to shake or brandish against

1c2c) to swing to and fro

1c3) to wave (an offering), offer

1c4) to shed abroad

1d) (Hophal) to be waved

Root √נוף: נוּף vb move to and fro wave besprinkle Qal I have besprinkled my couch with myrrh Po‛lel he brandisheth his hand toward the mt. Hiph wield , move to and fro in using it Shake wave orthe hand swing to and fro, as a signal waved Oft. term. techn. in P (H), of rite in which originally the priest lifted his share of offering andit, i.e. moved it toward altar and back, in token of its presentation to God and its return by him to priest Shed abroad . Hoph be waved .

נוּף vb move to and fro wave besprinkle Qal I have besprinkled my couch with myrrh Po‛lel he brandisheth his hand toward the mt. Hiph wield , move to and fro in using it Shake wave orthe hand swing to and fro, as a signal waved Oft. term. techn. in P (H), of rite in which originally the priest lifted his share of offering andit, i.e. moved it toward altar and back, in token of its presentation to God and its return by him to priest Shed abroad . Hoph be waved .