Lexicon / H7363b
רָחַף
ra.chaph
  • to hover
  • hover
  • move gently
  • cherish
  • brood

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to hover

(Piel) to hover

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: hover; move gently; cherish; brood

Root √רחף: רָחַף ר׳ vb Pi hover move gently cherish brood id Syriac Pi Impf Pt יְרַחֵף עַל רוּחַ א׳ מְרַהֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם Dt 32:11 Gn 1:2 hovering hovering brooding marahaefeth .. 3 ms.(poem) of vultureover young;.(P);over face of waters, or perh. (v. Syr.)(and fertilizing), so Jer Quaest. In Gen. ed. Lag. 4 (reading ‘’), cf. Di Gunk. ..(NH. cf. Grünbaum ZMG xxxix (1885), 607; Syr. Pa. also, and, cf. Thes S. V.; connexion with I.dub.);—

רָחַף ר׳ vb Pi hover move gently cherish brood id Syriac Pi Impf Pt יְרַחֵף עַל רוּחַ א׳ מְרַהֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם Dt 32:11 Gn 1:2 hovering hovering brooding marahaefeth .. 3 ms.(poem) of vultureover young;.(P);over face of waters, or perh. (v. Syr.)(and fertilizing), so Jer Quaest. In Gen. ed. Lag. 4 (reading ‘’), cf. Di Gunk. ..(NH. cf. Grünbaum ZMG xxxix (1885), 607; Syr. Pa. also, and, cf. Thes S. V.; connexion with I.dub.);—