נוּףnûwph
move to and fro, wave, besprinkle
Pronunciation: noof · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5130
Meanings
Qal: have besprinkled (Proverbs 7:17)
Po`lel: brandisheth (Isaiah 10:32)
Hiph`il: swing, wield, wave (Joshua 8:31; Exodus 20:25; Exodus 29:24)
1. wield, move tool to and fro in using it (Exodus 20:25; Deuteronomy 27:5; Joshua 8:31)
2. Shake or wave the hand
a. wave (2 Kings 5:11)
b. shake or brandish against (Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 19:16; Zechariah 2:13)
c. wave (Isaiah 13:2)
3. swing (Isaiah 30:28)
4. of rite in which originally the priest lifted his share of offering and waved it, i.e. moved it toward altar and back, in token of its presentation to God and its return by him to priest (Leviticus 23:11; Leviticus 23:12; Leviticus 23:20)
5. Shed abroad (Psalms 68:10)
Hoph`al: be waved, passive of Hiph`il 4 (Exodus 29:27)
Same root
- מֻפִּיםMuppîym · H4649Muppim, an Israelite
- נוֹףnôwph · H5131elevation
- נָפָהnâphâh · H5299a height; also a sieve
- נֹפֶתnôpheth · H5317a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)
- תְּנוּפָהtᵉnûwphâh · H8573a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings
Where it appears
Appears 37 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 20:25 If you use stones to build my altar, use only natural, uncut stones. Do not shape the stones with a tool, for that would make the altar unfit for holy use.
- Exodus 29:24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons to be lifted up as a special offering to the Lord.
- Exodus 29:26 Then take the breast of Aaron’s ordination ram, and lift it up in the Lord’s presence as a special offering to him. Then keep it as your own portion.
- Exodus 29:27 “Set aside the portions of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons. This includes the breast and the thigh that were lifted up before the Lord as a special offering.
- Exodus 35:22 Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They brought to the Lord their offerings of gold—brooches, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind as a special offering to the Lord.
- Leviticus 7:30 Present it to the Lord with your own hands as a special gift to the Lord. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as a special offering to the Lord.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).