H7363 רָחַף
râchaph — to brood; by implication, to be relaxed
KJV: flutter, move, shake.
Occurs 3 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [רָחַף] vb. grow soft, relax (cf. Ar. be soft);—
- Qal Pf. 3 pl. רָֽחֲפוּ Je 23:9 (bones of one appalled).
- רָחַף vb
- רָחַף vb. Pi. hover (NH id., cf. Grünbaum ZMG xxxix (1885), 607; Syr. Pa. move gently, also cherish, and brood, cf. Thes S. V.; connexion with I. ר׳ dub.);—
- Pi. Impf. 3 ms. יְרַחֵף עַל Dt 32:11 (poem) of vulture hovering over young; Pt. רוּחַ א׳ מְרַהֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם Gn 1:2(P); hovering over face of waters, or perh. (v. Syr.) brooding (and fertilizing), so Jer Quaest. In Gen. ed. Lag. 4 (reading ‘marahaefeth’), cf. Di Gunk.
Where it occurs
- Genesis 1:2 — The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the…
- Deuteronomy 32:11 — As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore…
- Jeremiah 23:9 — Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom…