נוּף
nuph
“to sprinkle”
Definition
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.)
a primitive root;
- to sprinkle 1a) (Qal) to besprinkle, sprinkle
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נוּף appears 32 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
His breath is like a rushing torrentthat rises to the neck.He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction;He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.
but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
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