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V-Piel-Imperf-3ms  |  2× in 1 sense
Strong's / BibleHub Blue Letter Bible
1. sense 1 2×
MOVEMENT › Linear Movement › Flying and Flight
AR["يَرِفُّ"]·ben["বিচরণ-করছিলেন","মেলে"]·DE["hovers","schwebte"]·EN["hovering","hovers"]·FR["hovers","planant"]·heb["ירחף","רחף"]·HI["मंडराता-है","मंडराती-थी"]·ID["melayang","melayang-layang"]·IT["hovering","hovers"]·jav["anglayang","nglayang"]·KO["맴돈다","운행하고-있었다"]·PT["paira","pairava"]·RU["носился","парит"]·ES["revolotea","se-movía"]·SW["anaelea","ilikuwa-ikiangalia"]·TR["hareket-ediyordu","kanat-çırpar"]·urd["منڈلا-رہی-تھی","پھڑپھڑاتا-ہے"]
Gen 1:2, Deut 32:11
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. רָחַף vb. Pi. hover (NH id., cf. Grünbaumzmg xxxix (1885), 607; Syriac Pa. ܪܰܚܶܦ move gently, also cherish, and brood, cf. Thess. v.; connexion with I. ר׳ dub.);— Pi. Impf. 3 ms. יְרַחֵף עַל Dt 32:11 (poem) of vulture hovering over young; Pt. רוּחַ א׳ מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם Gn 1:2 (P); hovering over face of waters, or perhaps (v. Syriac) brooding (and fertilizing), so JerQuaest. in Gen. ed. Lag. 4 (reading ‘marahaefeth’), cf. Di Gunk.