Brown-Driver-Briggs I. עוּף verb fly (Late Hebrew id., (rare) flicker, flutter, עוֺף fowl; Aramaic עוֺפָא, id.; Ethiopic id.; Arabic augury, from birds (compare WeHeid. 2, 202), fortune, , practice augury, augur; also , fly about, of birds); — Qal Perfect3masculine plural וְעָפוּ consecutive Isaiah 11:14; Imperfect3masculine singular יָעוּף Job 20:8; Psalm 91:5 + Proverbs 23:5b Qr (> Kt ועוף [van d. H.], or ועיף [Ginsb]); וַיָּעֹ֑ף 2 Samuel 22:11 = Psalm 18:11; Nahum 3:16, וַיָּ֫עָף Isaiah 6:6; 3feminine singular (הֲ)תָעוּף Proverbs 23:5 a Kt (see below); 3 feminine plural תְּעוּפֶינָה Isaiah 60:8, etc.; Infinitive construct עוּף Job 5:7; Proverbs 26:2; Participle feminine singular עָפָה Zechariah 5:1,2; plural עָפוֺת Isaiah 31:5; — 1. a. fly, of birds Deuteronomy 4:17, specifically of swallow (in simile) Proverbs 26:2 ("" נוּד); of seraph Isaiah 6:6 (compare Po`1.); ׳י riding (רכב) on cherub 2 Samuel 22:11 = Psalm 18:11; roll (in vision) Zechariah 5:1,2; arrow Psalm 91:5; of swift army Isaiah 11:14 (under figure of bird, followed by בְּכָתֵף) Habakkuk 1:8 (simile of vulture); figurative of ships (like cloud, or doves) Isaiah 60:8; בְּנֵירֶֿשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף Job 5:7 make high to fly, i.e. make their flight high, soar aloft (simile of irresistible tendency). b. hover (protectingly) Isaiah 31:5 (birds, simile of ׳י; on sense compare Deuteronomy 32:11). 2 fly away, to a distance, Psalm 55:7 (figurative; "" אַרְחִיק נְדֹד Psalm 55:8); = vanish, of locusts Nahum 1:16 (figurative); כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעוּף הַשָּׁמַיִם Proverbs 23:5b (Qr) simile of riches (see Toy); of wicked Job 20:8 (כַּחֲלוֺם); end of life, in General, וַנָּעֻ֑פָה Psalm 90:10. — הֲתָעוּף Proverbs 23:5 a Kt, do thine eyes fly (light) upon it ? (הֲתָעִיף Hiph`il Qr dost thou cause thine eyes to fly, etc. ?) is difficult, and line perhaps not original (see Toy). Po`l. 1. fly about, to and fro; Imperfect3masculine singular יְעוֺפֵף of birds Genesis 1:20 (P); seraphim Isaiah 6:2; Participle שָׂרָף מְעוֺפֵף flying fiery serpent Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 30:6. 2 cause to fly to and fro, brandish, Infinitive construct suffix בְּעוֺפְפִי חַרְבִּי Ezekiel 32:10 when I brandish my sword before them. Hithpo`el Imperfect3masculine singular כָּעוֺף יִתְעוֺפֵף כְּבוֺדָם Hosea 9:11 like a bird their glory shall fly away. Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular Qr, see Qal near the end II. [עוּף], I. [עִיף] verb be dark; — only Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תָּעֻ֫פָה Job 11:17 (though) it be dark, but read probably תְּעֻפָה, substantive, see below II. [עִיף] verb be faint (compare Syriac 3, PS2835; "" form of יעף q. v.; occurrences dubious); — Qal Perfect3feminine singular עָֽיְפָה נַפְשִׁי לְ Jeremiah 4:31 (? read עֲיֵפָה); Imperfect3masculine singular וַיָּ֫עַף Judges 4:21 (< וְיָעֵף GFM Bu), 1 Samuel 14:28 (strike out We Bu Kit Löhr, emendation HPS), 1 Samuel 14:31 (read וַיִּעַף [√ יעף] Buhl HPS), 2 Samuel 21:15 (corrupt, HPS; for Philistine name We Dr Bu Kit). עוֺף noun [masculine] fowl (see Biblical Hebrew, √ I. עוּף); — ׳ע absolute Daniel 7:6 wings of a fowl; construct Daniel 2:38 collective Forms and Transliterations אָע֥וּפָה אעופה בְּעוֹפְפִ֥י בַּעֲד֖וֹ בעדו בעופפי הֲתָ֤עִיף התעיף וְעָפ֨וּ וַיָּ֖עַף וַיָּ֣עָף וַיָּ֥עַף וַיָּעֹ֑ף וַיָּעֹֽף׃ וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃ ויעף ויעף׃ ונעפה׃ ועפו יְעוֹפֵ֣ף יְעוֹפֵֽף׃ יִתְעוֹפֵ֣ף יָ֭עוּף יָע֥וּף יָעֻ֕פוּ יעוף יעופף יעופף׃ יעפו יתעופף לָע֑וּף לעוף מְעוֹפֵ֔ף מְעוֹפֵֽף׃ מעופף מעופף׃ עָפ֔וֹת עָפָ֔ה עָפָֽה׃ עֽוּף׃ עוף׃ עפה עפה׃ עפות תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָה תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה תָּע֖וּף תעוף תעופינה תעפה ‘ā·p̄āh ‘ā·p̄ō·wṯ ‘āp̄āh ‘āp̄ōwṯ ‘ūp̄ ’ā‘ūp̄āh ’ā·‘ū·p̄āh aFah aFot aUfah ba‘ăḏōw ba·‘ă·ḏōw baaDo bə‘ōwp̄p̄î bə·‘ō·wp̄·p̄î beofFi hă·ṯā·‘îp̄ hăṯā‘îp̄ haTaif lā‘ūp̄ lā·‘ūp̄ laUf mə‘ōwp̄êp̄ mə·‘ō·w·p̄êp̄ meoFef tā‘ūp̄ tā‘up̄āh tā·‘u·p̄āh tā·‘ūp̄ taUf taUfah tə‘ūp̄enāh tə·‘ū·p̄e·nāh teuFeinah Uf vaiYaaf vaiyaOf vannaUfah veaFu wan·nā·‘u·p̄āh wannā‘up̄āh way·yā·‘ap̄ way·yā·‘āp̄ way·yā·‘ōp̄ wayyā‘ap̄ wayyā‘āp̄ wayyā‘ōp̄ wə‘āp̄ū wə·‘ā·p̄ū yā‘ūp̄ yā‘up̄ū yā·‘u·p̄ū yā·‘ūp̄ Yauf yaUfu yə‘ōwp̄êp̄ yə·‘ō·w·p̄êp̄ yeoFef yiṯ‘ōwp̄êp̄ yiṯ·‘ō·w·p̄êp̄ yitoFefLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |