Midvash

רָחַףrâchaph

רָחַף: grow soft, relax

Pronunciation: raw-khaf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7363

Meanings

Qal: (bones of one appalled) (Jeremiah 23:9)

רָחַף: hover

Pi`el: hovering (Deuteronomy 32:11; Genesis 1:2)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  • Deuteronomy 32:11 Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions.
  • Jeremiah 23:9 My heart is broken because of the false prophets, and my bones tremble. I stagger like a drunkard, like someone overcome by wine, because of the holy words the Lord has spoken against them.

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).