Word Study · Strong's H5130 · Hebrew
נוּף
nuph
noof
Strong's 1890 spelling: nûwph
“to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)
Rendered in the KJV as
lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.
- 37occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 30inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 37 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 30
- וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥4
- וְהֵנִ֥יף3
- וְהֵנִיף֩2
- לְהָנִ֥יף2
- הוּנַ֖ף1
- הֵנִ֛יף1
- הֵנִ֧יף1
- הֵנִ֥יף1
- הָנִ֣יפוּ1
- הֲנִיפ֣וֹתִי1
- הֲנִֽיפְכֶ֖ם1
- הֵנַ֥פְתָּ1
and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 23
- and he will wave8
- and you will wave4
- and he waved2
- he waved2
- to wave2
- you will wield2
- [am] about to brandish1
- [is] brandishing1
- [the] [one who] wields it1
- and he waved it1
- and he will brandish1
- anyone has wielded1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 18
- Hc/Vhq3ms9
- Hc/Vhq2ms4
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)3
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular3
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- Hc/Vhw3ms2
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vhq3ms · 9
- Hc/Vhq2ms · 4
- HR/Vhcc · 3
- HVhi2ms · 3
- HVhp3ms · 3
- Hc/Vhw3ms · 2
- HVhrmsa · 2
- Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
- HVhcc/Sp2mp · 1
- HVhi3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HVhp1cs · 1
All 37, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Leviticus11 of 37 · 30%
- Isaiah7 of 37 · 19%
- Numbers6 of 37 · 16%
- Exodus5 of 37 · 14%
- Deuteronomy2 of 37 · 5%
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus5 occurrences
- Exodus 20:25הֵנַ֥פְתָּhenaftaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularNow if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.here: you have wielded
- Exodus 29:24וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥vehenaftaHc/Vhq2msPut all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.here: and you will wave
- Exodus 29:26וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥vehenaftaHc/Vhq2msTake the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.here: and you will wave
- Exodus 29:27הוּנַ֖ףhunafverb · causative passive (hophal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularConsecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.here: it was waved
- Exodus 35:22הֵנִ֛יףhenifverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.here: he waved
Leviticus11 occurrences
- Leviticus 7:30לְהָנִ֥יףlehanifpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.here: to wave
- Leviticus 8:27וַיָּ֧נֶףvaiyanefHc/Vhw3msHe put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.here: and he waved
- Leviticus 8:29וַיְנִיפֵ֥הוּvaynifehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3msHe also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.here: and he waved it
- Leviticus 9:21הֵנִ֧יףhenifverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularbut he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.here: he waved
- Leviticus 10:15לְהָנִ֥יףlehanifpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the offerings made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”here: to wave
- Leviticus 14:12וְהֵנִ֥יףvehenifHc/Vhq3msThen the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.here: and he will wave
- Leviticus 14:24וְהֵנִ֨יףvehenifHc/Vhq3msThe priest shall take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.here: and he will wave
- Leviticus 23:11וְהֵנִ֧יףvehenifHc/Vhq3msAnd he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.here: and he will wave
- Leviticus 23:11יְנִיפֶ֖נּוּyenifenuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.here: he will wave it
- Leviticus 23:12הֲנִֽיפְכֶ֖םhanifkhemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralOn the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,here: wave you
- Leviticus 23:20וְהֵנִ֣יףvehenifHc/Vhq3msThe priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.here: and he will wave
Numbers6 occurrences
- Numbers 5:25וְהֵנִ֤יףvehenifHc/Vhq3msThe priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.here: and he will wave
- Numbers 6:20וְהֵנִיף֩vehenifHc/Vhq3msThe priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.here: and he will wave
- Numbers 8:11וְהֵנִיף֩vehenifHc/Vhq3msAaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.here: and he will wave
- Numbers 8:13וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥vehenaftaHc/Vhq2msYou are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.here: and you will wave
- Numbers 8:15וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥vehenaftaHc/Vhq2msAfter you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.here: and you will wave
- Numbers 8:21וַיָּ֨נֶףvaiyanefHc/Vhw3msThe Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.here: and he waved
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 23:25תָנִ֔יףtanifverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWhen you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.here: you will wield
- Deuteronomy 27:5תָנִ֥יףtanifverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularMoreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.here: you will wield
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah7 occurrences
- Isaiah 10:15מְנִיפ֔וֹmenifoverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularDoes an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!here: [the] [one who] wields it
- Isaiah 10:15כְּהָנִ֥יףkehanifpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!here: as wields
- Isaiah 10:32יְנֹפֵ֤ףyenofefverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularYet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.here: he will shake
- Isaiah 11:15וְהֵנִ֥יףvehenifHc/Vhq3msThe LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.here: and he will brandish
- Isaiah 13:2הָנִ֣יפוּhanifuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluralRaise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.here: wave
- Isaiah 19:16מֵנִ֥יףmenifverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularIn that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.here: [is] brandishing
- Isaiah 30:28לַהֲנָפָ֥הlahanafahpreposition + noun · feminine singularHis breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.here: for shaking