Lexical Definition

‎נוּף‎ nûwph (noof) to sprinkle ^H:V
a primitive root

lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.

• to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro)
• used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)

1) to move to and fro, wave, besprinkle
1a) (Qal) to besprinkle, sprinkle
1b) (Polel) to wave, brandish (in threat)
1c) (Hiphil) to swing, wield, wave
1c1) to wield
1c2) to wave or shake (the hand)
1c2a) to wave (hand)
1c2b) to shake or brandish against
1c2c) to swing to and fro
1c3) to wave (an offering), offer
1c4) to shed abroad
1d) (Hophal) to be waved

See Greek: αἴρω · ἀναφέρω · ἀποδίδωμι · ἀφαιρέω · ἀφορίζω · ἑλκύω · ἐπαίρω · ἐπιβάλλω · ἐπιτίθημι · ἐπιφέρω · παρακαλέω · φέρω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎נוּף‎] verb move to and fro, wave, besprinkle (Late Hebrew Hiph`il, Pilpal wave, blow, fan, compare ‎נָפָה‎ sift, ‎נָפָה‎ noun sieve (as Biblical Hebrew); ᵑ7 Aph`el as Biblical Hebrew; Syriac bend, wave, shake; Di compare Ethiopic quadril. distil, drop like dew; sift); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎׳‎‎נַ֫פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר וגו‎ Prov 7:17 I have besprinkled my couch with myrrh, etc. Po`lel Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎יְנֹפֵף יָדוֺ הַר וגו‎ Isa 10:32 he brandisheth his hand toward the mountain (on accusative ‎הַר‎ compare Ges<sup>«GKC:118f»§ 118f</sup>. Da<sup>Synt. § 69, R 2</sup>). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הֵנִיף‎ Josh 8:31 +, 2 masculine singular ‎הֵנַ֫פְתָּ‎ Exod 20:25 (Ges^{«GKC:72k»§ 72k}), ‎וְהֵנַפְתָּ֫‎ Exod 29:24 + 3 t.; 1 singular ‎הֲנִיפֹ֫תִי‎ Job 31:21 Imperfect ‎וַיָּ֫נֶף‎ Lev 8:27; Num 8:21, suffix ‎וַיְנִיפֵ֫הוּ‎ Lev 8:29 2 masculine singular ‎תָּנִיף‎ Deut 23:26* + 2 t., etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎הָנִ֫יפוּ‎ Isa 13:2 Infinitive construct ‎הָנִיף‎ Isa 10:15 + 2 t.; ‎לַהֲנָפָה‎ Isa 30:28 (Ges^{«GKC:72z»§ 72z} Ba^{NB 90}, see also ‎הֲנָחָה‎), etc.; Participle ‎מֵנִיף‎ Isa 19:16; Zech 2:13*, etc.; — swing, wield, wave: —

1. wield, move tool to and fro in using it, with ‎עַלֿ‎ of material: ‎כִּי חֵרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עָלֶיהָ‎ Exod 20:25 (E), i.e. over stone, so Deut 27:5; Josh 8:31 (D), and Deut 23:26* a sickle thou shalt not wield over the standing grain of thy neighbour; absolute ‎מְנִיפוֺ‎ Isa 10:15 against him that wieldeth it (i.e. a saw), and ‎כְּהָנִיף שֵׁבֶט‎ ‎וְאֶתמְֿרִימוֺ‎ vIsa 10:15 (read ‎אֶתֿ‎) like a rod's wielding him that lifteth it.2.Shake or wave the hand;
a. wave hand ‎אֶלהַֿמָּקוֺם‎ 2Kgs 5:11, in healing ceremony (i.e. probably toward sanctuary Kmp^Kau; > toward the spot [where leprosy appears], so most).
b. with ‎עַלֿ‎, shake or brandish against, Isa 11:15; Isa 19:16; Zech 2:13* (all of ‎׳‎‎י‎) Job 31:21 [compare Eccl 12:18 (without ‎עַל‎) in mockery].
c. wave hand, as a signal, Isa 13:2.

3. swing to and fro ‎בְּנָפַת‎,in a sieve, Isa 30:28 (figurative, of nations).

4. Oft. technical term 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: in H, ‎׳‎‎וְהֵנִיף אֶתהָֿעֹמֶר לִפְנֵי י‎ Lev 23:11a compare vLev 23:11b; vLev 23:12, also vLev 23:20 (on text see Di Dr-Wh^Hpt); in P, ‎וְהֵנַפְתָּ֫ אֹתוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי י‎ Exod 29:26, so Lev 7:30; Lev 8:29; Lev 10:15 (object omitted) Num 6:20 thus also Levites are set apart for service of the priests Num 8:11 (Di strike out see ), vNum 8:13 vNum 8:21, compare vNum 8:14 (‎׳‎‎לִפְנֵי י‎ omitted); but same phr, of entire lamb, with oil, Lev 14:12; Lev 14:24, and of offerings which were burnt, entirely Exod 29:24 (compare vExod 29:25), Lev 8:27 (compare vLev 8:28), or in part Num 5:25 (‎׳‎‎הֵנִיף הַמִּנְחָה לִפְנֵי י‎), — in these the original significance seems lost; so, clearly, of contributions for tabernacle, = offer ‎׳‎‎הֵנִיף תְּנוּפַת זָהָב לְי‎ Exod 35:22. — compare ‎תְּנוּפָה‎ below

5. Shed abroad (si vera lectio) ‎גֶּשֶׁם נְדָבוֺת תָּנִיף‎ Ps 68:10* bounteous rain thou didst shed abroad [compare ], but verb not wholly suitable; Lag Gr proposes ‎תַּטִּיף‎, yet this also questionable. Hoph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הוּנַף‎, be waved, Exod 29:27 (P), passive of

Hiph`il 4.

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