עָרַף
araf · drip
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6201 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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araf (עָרַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drip”.
Fall drop by drop.
How to say it
a·raf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To fall bit by bit, like a fine rain.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching drip like the rain, let my saying distill like the dew, like showers on the vegetation and like downpours on the grass.
- Deuteronomy 33:28
And Israel dwells in security; alone the fountain of Jacob, toward a land of grain and new wine; also his heavens drip dew.