Lexical Definition

‎עוּף‎ ʻûwph (oof) to fly ^H:V
a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from ‎עוֹף‎)

brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.

• to fly
• also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)

v
1) to fly, fly about, fly away
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to fly, hover
1a2) to fly away
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to fly, light upon
1c) (Polel)
1c1) to fly about or to and fro
1c2) to cause to fly to and fro, brandish
1d) (Hithpolel) to fly away
2) (Qal) to cover, be dark
n f
3) gloom

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: עוֹף
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 3 masculine plural ‎וְעָפוּ‎ consecutive Isa 11:14 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָעוּף‎ Job 20:8; Ps 91:5 + Prov 23:5b Qr (> Kt ‎ועוף‎ [van d. H.](/btb/not_created.html)], or ‎ועיף‎ [Ginsb]); ‎וַיָּעֹ֑ף‎ 2Sam 22:11 = Ps 18:11*; Nah 3:16, ‎וַיָּ֫עָף‎ Isa 6:6 3 feminine singular ‎(הֲ)תָעוּף‎ Prov 23:5 a Kt (see below); 3 feminine plural ‎תְּעוּפֶינָה‎ Isa 60:8, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎עוּף‎ Job 5:7; Prov 26:2 Participle feminine singular ‎עָפָה‎ Zech 5:1; Zech 5:2 plural ‎עָפוֺת‎ Isa 31:5 —

1. a. fly, of birds Deut 4:17, specifically of swallow (in simile) Prov 26:2 (|| ‎נוּד‎); of seraph Isa 6:6 (compare

Po`1.); ‎׳‎‎י‎ riding (‎רכב‎) on cherub 2Sam 22:11 = Ps 18:11* roll (in vision) Zech 5:1; Zech 5:2 arrow Ps 91:5 of swift army Isa 11:14 (under figure of bird, followed by ‎בְּכָתֵף‎) Hab 1:8 (simile of vulture); figurative of ships (like cloud, or doves) Isa 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) Isa 31:5 (birds, simile of ‎׳‎‎י‎; on sense compare Deut 32:11).

2. fly away, to a distance, Ps 55:7* (figurative; || ‎אַרְחִיק נְדֹד‎ vPs 55:8*); = vanish, of locusts Nah 1:16 (figurative); ‎כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעוּף הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ Prov 23:5b (Qr) simile of riches (see Toy); of wicked Job 20:8 (‎כַּחֲלוֺם‎); end of life, in general, ‎וַנָּעֻ֑פָה‎ Ps 90:10. — ‎הֲתָעוּף‎ Prov 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; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְעוֺפֵף‎ of birds Gen 1:20 (P); seraphim Isa 6:2 Participle ‎שָׂרָף מְעוֺפֵף‎ flying fiery serpent Isa 14:29; Isa 30:6.

2. cause to fly to and fro, brandish, Infinitive construct suffix ‎בְּעוֺפְפִי‎ ‎חַרְבִּי‎ Ezek 32:10 when I brandish my sword before them. Hithpo`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎כָּעוֺף יִתְעוֺפֵף‎ ‎כְּבוֺדָם‎ Hos 9:11 like a bird their glory shall fly away. Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular Qr, see Qal near the end

II. [‎עוּף‎], I. [‎עִיף‎] verb be dark; — only Qal Imperfect 2 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, PS²⁸³⁵; || form of ‎יעף‎ q. v.; occurrences dubious); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎עָֽיְפָה נַפְשִׁי לְ‎ Jer 4:31 (? read ‎עֲיֵפָה‎); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיָּ֫עַף‎ Judg 4:21 (< ‎וְיָעֵף‎ GFM Bu), 1Sam 14:28 (strike out We Bu Kit Löhr, emendation HPS), v1Sam 14:31 (read ‎וַיִּעַף‎ [√ ‎יעף‎] Buhl HPS), 2Sam 21:15 (corrupt, HPS; for Philistine name We Dr Bu Kit).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book	Refs
Genesis	1:20
Deuteronomy	4:17 · 32:11
Judges	4:21
1 Samuel	14:28 · 14:31
2 Samuel	21:15 · 22:11
Job	5:7 · 11:17 · 20:8
Psalms	18:11* · 55:7* · 55:8* · 90:10 · 91:5
Proverbs	23:5 · 26:2
Isaiah	6:2 · 6:6 · 11:14 · 14:29 · 30:6 · 31:5 · 60:8
Jeremiah	4:31
Ezekiel	32:10
Hosea	9:11
Nahum	1:16 · 3:16
Habakkuk	1:8
Zechariah	5:1 · 5:2