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נָטַף

nâṭaph · H5197 · Hebrew · 18 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to drop, to drip

    Process by which liquids flow in small drops

    Examples

    Judges 5:4 LORD, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, The clouds also dripped water.

  2. to drop, to drip

    Literally: a mountain causes to drip; hence: process by which liquids flow in small drops on a mountain

    Examples

    Amos 9:13 Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper, And the one who treads grapes will overtake him who sows the seed; When the mountains will drip grape juice, And all the hills will come apart.

  3. to preach

    Literally: to cause to drip (words); hence: action by which humans speak or act as a prophet

    Examples

    Ezekiel 20:46 Son of man, set your face toward the south, and speak prophetically against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev,

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

17 occurrences in 11 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 6 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word
עָרַף ʻâraph · H6201 · to break the neck, to break down, to demolish
נָטַף (nâṭaph, H5197) also carries a “speak, prophesy” sense, while עָרַף (ʻâraph, H6201) belongs primarily to the domain of impact; the genuine overlap between them is narrow, limited to describing liquid dropping or dripping.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Flow002002001008
נָטַף denotes dripping, used of the heavens dripping water and the clouds dripping in the Song of Deborah (Judges 5:4) and rain falling that confirms the LORD's inheritance (Psalm 68:9), tying the word to liquid falling in drops.
Speak002004001009008
The word is used figuratively of speech flowing smoothly, as an adulteress's lips "drip" honey (Proverbs 5:3) and the beloved's lips drip honey in the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon 4:11), tying the word to sweetly flowing, persuasive speech.
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָטַףnâṭaph · H5197נְטִיפָה nᵉṭîyphâh · H5188 · pendant · 2×נָטָף nâṭâph · H5198 · drop of water · 2×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5197. nataph [נָטַף] verb drop, drip, figurative (especially of prophet) discourse (Late…
H5197. nataph
[נָטַף] verb drop, drip, figurative (especially of prophet) discourse (Late Hebrew id.; נְטַף ᵑ7 drop, drip; Syriac drip, drop (NöSyr. Gr. § 105) etc.; Arabic id.; Ethiopic id., colare (stillando), expercolare); —
Qal Perfect3masculine plural נָָֽטְפוּ Jdg 5:4 Jdg 5:2t.; נָטָּ֑פוּ Jdg 5:4; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּטֹּף Job 29:22; Job 29:3masculine plural יִטּפוּ Joel 4:18; 3feminine plural תִּטֹּפְנָה Pro 5:3; Son 4:11; Participle נֹטְפוֺת Son 5:13; — drop, drip, usually transitive, with accusative, of clouds dropping water (מַיִ), in storm Jdg 5:4, || heavens Jdg 5:4 (object omitted), Psa 68:9 (id.; all theoph.); of hands dripping myrrh (מוֺר) Son 5:5; in predict. עָסִיס יִטְּפוּ Joel 4:18 the mountains shall drip must; figurative of (seductive) speech תִּטּ ׳נֹפֶת Pro 5:3 the lips of the strange woman drop honey, so perhaps Son 4:11 (Bu of kisses); נ ׳שִׂפְתוֺתָיו מוֺר Son 5:13 his lips drip myrrh (perhaps of sweet breath). Intransitive only מִלָּתִי תִּטֹּף עָלֵימוֺ Job 29:22 upon them my speech used to drop.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine plural וְהִטִּיפוּ consecutive Amo 9:13; Imperfect2masculine singular תַּטִּיף Amo 7:16; Amo 7:1singular אַטִּף Mic 2:11; Mic 2:3masculine plural יִטִּיפ֑וּן Mic 2:6; Mic 2:2masculine plural תַּטִּיפוּ Mic 2:6, תַּטִּפוּ Mic 2:6; Participle מַטִּיף Mic 2:11; —
1 drip, ׳וְהַטּ עָסִיס Amo 9:13 and the mountains shall drip must (=
Qal Joel 4:18).
2 of speech, especially prophecy (without accusative): with עַל against, Amo 7:16 (|| הִנָּבֵא), with אֶלֿ toward, Exo 21:2 (|| id.), Exo 21:7 (|| id.); with ל concerning Mic 2:11 compare Mic 2:11; — לָאֵלֶּה לֹאיַֿטִּפוּ יַטִּיכּ֑וּן אַלתַּֿטִּפוּ Mic 2:6 'talk not' — so they talk — 'they (read ye?) shall not talk of these things (where יַטִּפוּ ׳תַּטּ, reference to prophets).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Flow9 occurrencesSpeak8 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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