נוּף

H5130. nuph
I. [נוּף] verb move to and fro, wave, besprinkle (Late Hebrew Hiph`il, Pilpal wave, blow, fan, compare נָפָה sift, נָפָה noun sieve (as Biblical Hebrew); ᵑ7 Aph`el as Biblical Hebrew; Syriac bend, wave, shake; Di compare Ethiopic quadril. distil, drop like dew; sift); —
Qal Perfect1singular וגו מֹר מִשְׁכָּבִי ׳נַ֫פְתִּי Pro 7:17 I have besprinkled my couch with myrrh, etc.
Po`lel Imperfect3masculine singular וגו הַר יָדוֺ ׳יְנֹפֵף Isa 10:32 he brandisheth his hand toward the mountain (on accusative הַר compare Ges§ 118f. DaSynt. § 69, R 2).
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הֵנִיף Jos 8:31 +, 2 masculine singular הֵנַ֫פְתָּ Exo 20:25 (Ges§ 72k), וְהֵנַפְתָּ֫ Exo 29:24 Exo 29:3t.; 1 singular הֲנִיפֹ֫תִי Job 31:21; Imperfect וַיָּ֫נֶף Lev 8:27; Num 8:21, suffix וַיְנִיפֵ֫הוּ Lev 8:29; Lev 8:2masculine singular תָּנִיף Deuteronomy 23:26 Deu 23:2t., etc.; Imperative masculine plural הָנִ֫יפוּ Isa 13:2; Infinitive construct הָנִיף Isa 10:15 Isa 10:2t.; לַהֲנָפָה Isa 30:28 (Ges§ 72z BaNB 90, see also הֲנָחָה), etc.; Participle מֵנִיף Isa 19:16; Zec 2:13, etc.; — swing, wield, wave: —
1 wield, move tool to and fro in using it, with עַלֿ of material: עָלֶיהָ הֵנַפְתָּ חֵרְבְּךָ כִּי Exo 20:25 (E), i.e. over stone, so Deu 27:5; Jos 8:31 (D), and Deuteronomy 23:26 a sickle thou shalt not wield over the standing grain of thy neighbour; absolute מְנִיפוֺ Isa 10:15 against him that wieldeth it (i.e. a saw), and וְאֶתמְֿרִימוֺ שֵׁבֶט כְּהָנִיף Isa 10:15 (read אֶתֿ) like a rod's wielding him that lifteth it.2.Shake or wave the hand;
a. wave hand אֶלהַֿמָּקוֺם 2Ki 5:11, in healing ceremony (i.e. probably toward sanctuary KmpKau; > toward the spot [where leprosy appears], so most).
b. with עַלֿ, shake or brandish against, Isa 11:15; Isa 19:16; Zec 2:13 (all of ׳י) Job 31:21 [compare Ecclus 12:18 (without עַל) in mockery].
c. wave hand, as a signal, Isa 13:2.
3 swing to and fro בְּנָפַת,in a sieve, Isa 30:28 (figurative, of nations).
4 Oft. technical term 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, י לִפְנֵי אֶתהָֿעֹמֶר ׳וְהֵנִיף Lev 23:11a compare Lev 23:11b; Lev 23:12, also Lev 23:20 (on text see Di Dr-WhHpt); in P, י לִפְנֵי ׳תְּנוּפָה אֹתוֺ וְהֵנַפְתָּ֫ Exo 29:26, so Lev 7:30; Lev 8:29; Lev 10:15 (object omitted) Num 6:20; thus also Levites are set apart for service of the priests Num 8:11 (Di strike out see ), Num 8:13; Num 8:21, compare Num 8:14 (י ׳לִפְנֵי omitted); but same phr, of entire lamb, with oil, Lev 14:12, Lev 14:24, and of offerings which were burnt, entirely Exo 29:24 (compare Exo 29:25), Lev 8:27 (compare Lev 8:28), or in part Num 5:25 (י לִפְנֵי הַמִּנְחָה ׳הֵנִיף), — in these the original significance seems lost; so, clearly, of contributions for tabernacle, = offer לְי זָהָב תְּנוּפַת ׳הֵנִיף Exo 35:22. — compare תְּנוּפָה below
5 Shed abroad (si vera lectio) תָּנִיף נְדָבוֺת גֶּשֶׁם Psa 68:10 bounteous rain thou didst shed abroad [compare Ecclus 43:17c], but verb not wholly suitable; Lag Gr proposes תַּטִּיף, yet this also questionable.
Hoph`al Perfect3masculine singular הוּנַף, be waved, Exo 29:27 (P), passive of Hiph`il 4.