נוּף

nuph

to sprinkle

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Strong’s H5130aVerb2 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Psalms1

Proverbs1

Translated as

you spread abroad1

i have sprinkled1

In the text

Psalm 68:9תָּנִיף
You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
Proverbs 7:17נַפְתִּי
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[נוּף] vb. move to and fro, wave, besprinkle

Qal I have besprinkled my couch with myrrh

Po‛lel he brandisheth his hand toward the mt.

Hiph.

1. wield, move to and fro in using it

2. Shake or wave the hand

3. swing to and fro, as a signal

4. Oft. term. techn. in P (H), of rite in which originally the priest lifted his share of offering and waved it, i.e. moved it toward altar and back, in token of its presentation to God and its return by him to priest

5. Shed abroad

Hoph. be waved

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.