Word

רָעַף

râʻaph · H7491 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to overflow

Literally: to drip; hence: state in which an area is saturated with water to the extent that it starts overflowing; this can be used for the clouds when they start producing rain, but also for the earth after abundant rain; often used figuratively to denote an abundance of good things

Examples
Job 36:28 Which clouds pour down; They drip upon mankind abundantly.
Psalm 65:11 You have crowned the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with fatness.
Psalm 65:12 The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills encircle themselves with rejoicing.

How it’s used In 3 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

5 occurrences in 5 groups

מַעְגָּלpath, conduct 1
נָאָהpasture 1
שַׁחַקcloud 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: they 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

דֶּשֶׁןashes, fatness 1
טַלdew 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מִןfrom+ מַעַלabove, upward, more 1
עַלon, upon, over, against+ אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 1

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

נָטַף nâṭaph · H5197 · to drop, to drip: Very close synonym for liquid dropping or distilling; both verbs describe liquid falling in drops, though נָטַף may be slightly more common and appears in similar poetic contexts (Joel 3:18, Amos 9:13)

Contrasting words 1 word

יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh · H3001 · to dry up, to (cause to) dry up: Lexical opposite: רָעַף describes liquid dropping/distilling (wetness, moisture), while יָבֵשׁ describes the absence of moisture or the process of drying up

In the other Testament 1 word

ῥέω rhéō · G4482 · to flow, a flow: Greek verb for flowing or running liquid, broader than רָעַף but used in LXX contexts for liquid dropping/flowing down

Semantic domains 1 entry

Flow002002001008: Job 36:28 describes clouds that "pour down" and "drip," Psalm 65:12 describes pastures that "drip," and Proverbs 3:20 and Isaiah 45:8 both describe clouds that "drip" or "pour down," richly and directly attesting the sense of liquid flowing or dripping.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7491. raaph [רָעַף] verb trickle, drip, synonym of נזל, II. ערף (compare Arabic flow (of…

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 טַל Pro 3:20; figurative דָּ֑שֶׁן יִרְעֲפוּן מַעְגָּלֶיךָ Psa 65:12 (i.e. fertilizing rain); subject of moistened ground, מִדְבָּר נְאוֺת, Psa 65:13.
Hiph`il Imperative masculine plural הַרְעִיפוּ Isa 45:8 trickle, O heavens, from above (figurative: || צֶרֶק יִּוְּלוּ).

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Flow5 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

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0