{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7363",
  "lemma": "רָחַף",
  "transliteration": "râchaph",
  "definition": "to brood; by implication, to be relaxed",
  "kjv": "flutter, move, shake.",
  "occurrences": 3,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[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."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:2",
      "text": "The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:11",
      "text": "As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 23:9",
      "text": "Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/23?v=9"
    }
  ],
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