רָעַף
raaf · drip
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7491 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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raaf (רָעַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drip”.
To drip, to trickle.
How to say it
ra·af
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
- Fall drop by drop.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Job 36:28
which the clouds pour down and drip upon many human beings.
- Psalms 65:11
You have crowned the year of your goodness, and your tracks drip richness.
- Psalms 65:12
The pastures of the wilderness drip, and with jubilation the hills gird themselves.
- Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge the deeps were split open, and the clouds drip dew.
- Isaiah 45:8
Drip, heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bear the fruit of salvation, and let it make righteousness sprout together; I, YHWH, have created it.”