נוּף

Strong’s 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.)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to move to and fro, wave, besprinkle
• 2.(qal) to besprinkle, sprinkle
• 3.(polel) to wave, brandish (in threat)
• 4.(hiphil) to swing, wield, wave
• 5.(hophal) to be waved

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nûwph; Pronunciation: noof