רָחַף
rachaf · hover
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7363 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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rachaf (רָחַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hover”.
Gently over something, like a bird fluttering over its nest to care for it.
How to say it
ra·chaf
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 move gently above something, like a bird over its nest.
- The body going slack with fear.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- hovers ×1
- tremble ×1
- was hovering ×1
Where it appears
- Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of Elohim was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Deuteronomy 32:11
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, he spread out his wings, took him, carried him on his pinions.
- Jeremiah 23:9
Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble; I have become like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of YHWH and because of his holy words.