Word Study · Strong's H7363 · Hebrew
רָחַף
rachaph
raw-khaf'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râchaph
“to brood”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to brood; by implication, to be relaxed
Rendered in the KJV as
flutter, move, shake.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- יְרַחֵ֑ף1
- מְרַחֶ֖פֶת1
- רָֽחֲפוּ֙1
How it is rendered · 3
- [was] hovering1
- it hovers1
- they have become weak1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpi3ms · 1
- HVprfsa · 1
- HVqp3cp · 1
All 3, in canonical order
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