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# נוּף

Biblical Hebrew

**move to and fro** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

move to and fro [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e3/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נוּף: vb. move to and fro, wave, besprinkle Poʿlel Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e3/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. move to and fro, wave, besprinkle (NH Hiph., Pilp. wave, blow, fan, cf. נָפָה sift, נָפָה n. sieve (as BH); 𝔗 Aph. as BH; Syriac ܢܳܦ bend, wave, shake; Di cp. Ethiopic quadril. ነፍነፈ distil, drop like dew; ነፈየ sift);— Pf. 1 s. נַ֫פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר וגו׳ Pr 7:17 I have be-sprinkled my couch with myrrh, etc. Poʿlel Impf. 3 ms. יְנֹפֵף יָדוֹ הַר וגו׳ Is 10:32 he brandisheth his hand toward the mt. (on acc. הַר cf. Ges§ 118 f. DaSynt. § 69, R 2). Pf. 3 ms. הֵנִיף Jos 8:31 +, 2 ms. הֵנַ֫פְתָּ Ex 20:25 (Ges§ 72 k), וְהֵנַפְתָּ֫ Ex 29:24 + 3 times; 1 s. הֲנִיפֹ֫תִי Jb 31:21; Impf. וַיָּ֫נֶף Lv 8:27 Nu 8:21, sf. וַיְנִיפֵ֫הוּ Lv 8:29; 2 ms. תָּנִיף Dt 23:26 + 2 times, etc.; Imv. mpl. הָנִ֫יפוּ Is 13:2; Inf. cstr. הָנִיף Is 10:15 + 2 times; לַהֲנָפָה Is 30:28 (Ges§ 72 z Biblical AramaicNB 90, v. also הֲנָחָה), etc.; Pt. מֵנִיף Is 19:16 Zc 2:13, etc.;—swing, wield, wave:— wield, move tool to and fro in using it, c. עַל־ of material: כִּי חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עָלֶיהָ Ex 20:25 (E), i.e. over stone, so Dt 27:5 Jos 8:31 (D), and Dt 23:26 a sickle thou shalt not wield over the standing grain of thy neighbour; abs. מְנִיפוֹ Is 10:15 against him that wieldeth it (i.e. a saw), and כְּהָנִיף שֵׁבֶט וְאֶת־מְרִימוֹ v 15 (read אֶת־ like a rod’s wielding him that lifteth it. Shake or wave the hand; wave hand אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם 2 K 5:11, in healing ceremony (i.e. prob. toward sanctuary Kmp Kau; \> toward the spot \[where leprosy appears\], so most). c. עַל־, shake or brandish against, Is 11:15; 19:16 Zc 2:13 (all of י׳), Jb 31:21 \[cf. Ecclus 12:18 (without עַל) in mockery\]. wave hand, as a signal, Is 13:2. swing to and fro בְּנָפַת, in a sieve, Is 30:28 (fig., of nations). Often 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: in H, וְהֵנִיף אֶת־הָעֹמֶר לִפְנֵי י׳ Lv 23:11 a cf. v 11 b. 12, also v 20 (on text v. Di Dr-WhHpt); in P, וְהֵנַפְתָּ֫ אֹתוֹ תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי י׳ Ex 29:26, so Lv 7:30; 8:29; 9:21; 10:15 (obj. om.), Nu 6:20; thus also Levites are set apart for service of the priests Nu 8:11 (Di del. v.), v 13, 21, cf. v 15 (לִפְנֵי י׳ om.); but same phr. of entire lamb, with oil, Lv 14:12, 24, and of offerings wh. were burnt, entirely Ex 29:24 (cf. v 25), Lv 8:27 (cf. v 28), or in part Nu 5:25 (הֵנִיף הַמִּנְחָה לִפְנֵי י׳),—in these the orig. signif. seems lost; so, clearly, of contributions for tabernacle, = offer, הֵנִיף תְּנוּפַת זָהָב לְי׳ Ex 35:22.—Cf. תְּנוּפָה infr. Shed abroad (si vera l.) גֶּשֶׁם נְדָבוֹת תָּנִיף ψ 68:10 bounteous rain thou didst shed abroad \[cf. Ecclus 43:17 c\], but vb. not wholly suitable; Lag Gr proposes תַּטִּיף, yet this also questionable. Pf. 3 ms. הוּנַף, be waved, Ex 29:27 (P), pass. of Hiph. 4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I have sprinkled (1); you shed abroad (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 7:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.17/#tree)

נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon

*JPS 1917:* I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

[Psalms 68:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.10/#tree)

גֶּ֣שֶׁם נְ֭דָבוֹת תָּנִ֣יף אֱלֹהִ֑ים נַחֲלָתְךָ֥ וְ֝נִלְאָ֗ה אַתָּ֥ה כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* rain of.voluntariness(es) you.shed.abroad O.God inheritance your (and) weary you you established.it

*JPS 1917:* A bounteous rain didst Thou pour down, O God; when Thine inheritance was weary, Thou didst confirm it.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e3.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e3/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).