Lexical Definition

‎רָעַף‎ râʻaph (raw-af') to drip ^H:V
a primitive root

distil, drop (down).

• to drip

1) to trickle, drip
1a) (Qal) to trickle, drip
1b) (Hiphil) to trickle

See Greek: πλήθω · ῥέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רָעַף‎] verb trickle, drip, synonym of ‎נזל‎, II. ‎ערף‎ (compare Arabic flow (of blood), bleed (of the nose)); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִרְעֲפוּ‎, of clouds Job 36:28 (with ‎עֲלֵי‎ person; || ‎יִזְּלוּ‎), with accusative of material ‎טַל‎ Prov 3:20 figurative ‎מַעְגָּלֶיךָ יִרְעֲפוּן דָּ֑שֶׁן‎ Ps 65:12* (i.e. fertilizing rain); subject of moistened ground, ‎נְאוֺת מִדְבָּר‎, vPs 65:13*. Hiph`il Imperative masculine plural ‎הַרְעִיפוּ‎ Isa 45:8 trickle, O heavens, from above (figurative: || ‎יִּוְּלוּ צֶרֶק‎).

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