STRONGS NUMBER H7491


Word Summary
raaph: to trickle, drip
Original Word: רָעַף
Transliteration: raaph
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-af')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to trickle, drip
Meaning: to trickle, drip
Strong's Concordance
distil, drop down

A primitive root; to drip -- distil, drop (down).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7491. raaph

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

Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יִרְעֲפוּ‎, of clouds Job 36:28 (with עֲלֵי‎ person; "" יִזְּלוּ‎), with accusative of material טַלProverbs 3:20; figurative דָּ֑שֶׁן יִרְעֲפוּן מַעְגָּלֶיךָPsalm 65:12 (i.e. fertilizing rain); subject of moistened ground, מִדְבָּר נְאוֺת‎, 65:13.

Hiph`il Imperative masculine plural הַרְעִיפוּIsaiah 45:8 trickle, O heavens, from above (figurative: "" צֶרֶק יִּוְּלוּ‎).