STRONGS H5774:
Abbreviations
† I. עוּף verb fly (Late Hebrew
id., (rare)
flicker, flutter,
עוֺף fowl; Aramaic
עוֺפָא,
id.; Ethiopic
id.; Arabic
augury, from birds (compare We
Heid. 2, 202),
fortune,
,
practice augury,
augur; also
,
fly about, of birds); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine plural וְעָפוּ consecutive
Isaiah 11:14;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine 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 [
Psalm 18:10];
Nahum 3:16,
וַיָּ֫עָף Isaiah 6:6;
3rd person feminine singular (הֲ)תָעוּף Proverbs 23:5a Kt (see below);
3rd person feminine plural תְּעוּפֶינָה Isaiah 60:8, etc.;
Infinitive construct עוּף Job 5:7;
Proverbs 26:2;
Participle feminine singular
עָפָה Zechariah 5:1,
Zechariah 5:2; 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 Pō`l.); י׳ riding (רכב) on cherub 2 Samuel 22:11 = Psalm 18:11 [Psalm 18:10]; roll (in vision) Zechariah 5:1, Zechariah 5:2; 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 [Psalm 55:6] (figurative; || אַרְחִיק נְדֹד Psalm 55:8 [Psalm 55:7]); = 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 23:5a Kt, do thine eyes fly (light) upon it? (הֲתָעִיף Hiph. Qr dost thou cause thine eyes to fly, etc. ?) is difficult, and line perhaps not original (see Toy).
Pō`l.
1. fly about, to and fro; Imperfect 3rd person masculine 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.
Hithpō'l Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular כָּעוֺף יִתְעוֺפֵף כְּבוֺדָם Hosea 9:11 like a bird their glory shall fly away.
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular Qr, see
Qal near the end
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H5776.
† II. [
עוּף], I. [
עִיף]
verb be dark; — only
Qal Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תָּעֻ֫פָה Job 11:17 (though)
it be dark, but read probably
תְּעֻפָה, substantive, see below
II. [
עִיף]
verb be faint (compare Syriac
3, PS
2835; || form of
יעף which see; occurrences dubious); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular עָֽיְפָה נַפְשִׁי לְ [
H5888 Jeremiah 4:31] (? read
עֲיֵפָה);
Imperfect 3rd person masculine 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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
1:20
Deuteronomy
4:17; 32:11
Judges
4:21
1 Samuel
14:28; 14:31
2 Samuel
21:15; 22:11; 22:11
Job
5:7; 5:7; 11:17; 20:8; 20:8
Psalms
18:10; 18:10; 55:6; 55:7; 90:10; 91:5; 91:5
Proverbs
23:5; 23:5; 23:5; 23:5; 26:2; 26:2
Isaiah
6:2; 6:6; 6:6; 11:14; 11:14; 14:29; 30:6; 31:5; 31:5; 60:8; 60:8
Ezekiel
32:10
Hosea
9:11
Nahum
3:16
Habakkuk
1:8
Zechariah
5:1; 5:1; 5:2; 5:2