עוּף

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I. עוּף verb fly (Late Hebrew id., (rare) flicker, flutter, עוֺף fowl; Aramaic עוֺפָא, id.; Ethiopic id.; Arabic augury, from birds (compare WeHeid. 2, 202), fortune, , practice augury, augur; also , fly about, of birds); —
Qal Perfect3masculine plural וְעָפוּ consecutive Isa 11:14; Imperfect3masculine singular יָעוּף Job 20:8; Psa 91:5 + Pro 23:5b Qr (> Kt ועוף [van d. H.], or ועיף [Ginsb]); וַיָּעֹ֑ף 2Sa 22:11 = Psa 18:11; Nah 3:16, וַיָּ֫עָף Isa 6:6; Isa 6:3feminine singular (הֲ)תָעוּף Pro 23:5 a Kt (see below); 3 feminine plural תְּעוּפֶינָה Isa 60:8, etc.; Infinitive construct עוּף Job 5:7; Pro 26:2; Participle feminine singular עָפָה Zec 5:1-2, plural עָפוֺת Isa 31:5; —
1. a. fly, of birds Deu 4:17, specifically of swallow (in simile) Pro 26:2 (|| נוּד); of seraph Isa 6:6 (compare
Po`1.); ׳י riding (רכב) on cherub 2Sa 22:11 = Psa 18:11; roll (in vision) Zec 5:1-2, arrow Psa 91:5; of swift army Isa 11:14 (under figure of bird, followed by בְּכָתֵף) Hab 1:8 (simile of vulture); figurative of ships (like cloud, or doves) Isa 60:8; עוּף יַגְבִּיהוּ בְּנֵירֶֿשֶׁף Job 5:7 make high to fly, i.e. make their flight high, soar aloft (simile of irresistible tendency).
b. hover (protectingly) Isa 31:5 (birds, simile of ׳י; on sense compare Deu 32:11).
2 fly away, to a distance, Psa 55:7 (figurative; || נְדֹד אַרְחִיק Psa 55:8); = vanish, of locusts Nahum 1:16 (figurative); הַשָּׁמַיִם יָעוּף כְּנֶשֶׁר Pro 23:5b (Qr) simile of riches (see Toy); of wicked Job 20:8 (כַּחֲלוֺם); end of life, in General, וַנָּעֻ֑פָה Psa 90:10. — הֲתָעוּף Pro 23:5 a Kt, do thine eyes fly (light) upon it ? (הֲתָעִיף
Hiph`il Qr dost thou cause thine eyes to fly, etc. ?) is difficult, and line perhaps not original (see Toy).
Po`l. 1. fly about, to and fro; Imperfect3masculine singular יְעוֺפֵף of birds Gen 1:20 (P); seraphim Isa 6:2; Participle מְעוֺפֵף שָׂרָף flying fiery serpent Isa 14:29; Isa 30:6.
2 cause to fly to and fro, brandish, Infinitive construct suffix חַרְבִּי בְּעוֺפְפִי Eze 32:10 when I brandish my sword before them.
Hithpo`el Imperfect3masculine singular כְּבוֺדָם יִתְעוֺפֵף כָּעוֺף Hos 9:11 like a bird their glory shall fly away.
Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular Qr, see
Qal near the end
II. [עוּף], I. [עִיף] verb be dark; — only
Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תָּעֻ֫פָה Job 11:17 (though) it be dark, but read probably תְּעֻפָה, substantive, see below
II. [עִיף] verb be faint (compare Syriac
3, PS2835; || form of יעף q. v.; occurrences dubious); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular לְ נַפְשִׁי עָֽיְפָה Jer 4:31 (? read עֲיֵפָה); Imperfect3masculine singular וַיָּ֫עַף Jdg 4:21 (< וְיָעֵף GFM Bu), 1Sa 14:28 (strike out We Bu Kit Löhr, emendation HPS), 1Sa 14:31 (read וַיִּעַף [√ יעף] Buhl HPS), 2Sa 21:15 (corrupt, HPS; for Philistine name We Dr Bu Kit).
עוֺף noun [masculine] fowl (see Biblical Hebrew, √ I. עוּף); — ׳ע absolute Dan 7:6 wings of a fowl; construct Dan 2:38 collective