H7363B

רָחַף

ra.chaphH:V

to hover

(Piel) to hover

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [רָחַף] verb grow soft, relax (compare Arabic be soft); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural רָֽחֲפוּ Jer 23:9 (bones of one appalled).

II. רָחַף verb Pi`el hover (Late Hebrew id., compare Grünbaum^{ZMG xxxix (1885), 607}; Syriac Pa`el move gently, also cherish, and brood, compare Thes^s. see; connection with I. ׳ר dubious); —

Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְרַחֵף עַל Deut 32:11 (poem) of vulture hovering over young; Participle מְרַחֶפֶת עַלפְּֿנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם ׳רוּחַ א Gen 1:2 (P); hovering over face of waters, or perhaps (see Syriac) brooding (and fertilizing), so Jer^{Quaest. in Gen. ed. Lag. 4} (reading 'marahaefeth'), compare Di Gunk.

2 occurrences

Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1)

Genesis 1:2
Deuteronomy 32:11