--- title: עוּף — fly · The Tanakh dictionary description: עוּף (5774), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: fly. BDB 1906: vb. Pōʿl. Hiph. Hithpōʿl. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5774.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-2.md)‎ / עוּף‎ # עוּף «עוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fly** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 5774 · **BDB:** עוּף ### Glosses flying (6); he.flew (4); they.fly (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) fly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5774/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Pōʿl. Hiph. Hithpōʿl. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5774/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. fly (NH id., (rare) flicker, flutter, עוֹף fowl; Aramaic עוֹפָא, ܥܰܘܦܳܐ id.; Ethiopic ዖፍ id.; Arabic عَوْفٌ augury, from birds (cf. WeHeid. 2, 202), fortune, عيف, عَافَ practice augury, عَاىَٔفٌ augur; also عوف, عَاَفَ fly about, of birds);— Pf. 3 mpl. וְעָפוּ consec. Is 11:14; Impf. 3 ms. יָעוּף Jb 20:8 ψ 91:5 + Pr 23:5b Qr (\> Kt ועוף \[van d. H.\], or ועיף \[Ginsb\]); וַיָּעֹ֑ף 2 S 22:11 = ψ 18:11; Na 3:16, וַיָּ֫עָף Is 6:6; 3 fs. (הֲ)תָעוּף Pr 23:5a Kt (v. infr.); 3 fpl. תְּעוּפֶינָה Is 60:8, etc.; Inf. cstr. עוּף Jb 5:7; Pr 26:2; Pt. fs. עָפָה Zc 5:1, 2; pl. עָפוֹת Is 31:5;— fly, of birds Dt 4:17, specif. of swallow (in sim.) Pr 26:2 (‖ נוּד); of seraph Is 6:6 (cf. Pōʿl.); י׳ riding (רכב) on cherub 2 S 22:11 = ψ 18:11; roll (in vision) Zc 5:1, 2; arrow ψ 91:5; of swift army Is 11:14 (under fig. of bird, sq. בְּכָתֵף) Hb 1:8 (sim. of vulture); fig. of ships (like cloud, or doves) Is 60:8; בְּנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף Jb 5:7 make high to fly, i.e. make their flight high, soar aloft (sim. of irresistible tendency). hover (protectingly) Is 31:5 (birds, sim. of י׳; on sense cf. Dt 32:11). fly away, to a distance, ψ 55:7 (fig.; ‖ אַרְחִיק נְדֹד v 8); = vanish, of locusts Na 3:16 (fig.); כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעוּף הַשָּׁמַיִם Pr 23:5b (Qr) sim. of riches (v. Toy); of wicked Jb 20:8 (כַּחֲלוֹם); end of life, in gen., וַנָּעֻ֑פָה ψ 90:10.—הֲתָעוּף Pr 23:5a Kt, do thine eyes fly (light) upon it? (הֲתָעִיף Hiph. Qr dost thou cause thine eyes to fly, etc.?) is difficult, and line perhaps not original (v. Toy). fly about, to and fro; Impf. 3 ms. יְעוֹפֵף of birds Gn 1:20 (P); seraphim Is 6:2; Pt. שָׂרָף מְעוֹפֵף flying fiery serpent Is 14:29; 30:6. cause to fly to and fro, brandish, Inf. cstr. sf. בְּעוֹפְפִי חַרְבִּי Ez 32:10 when I brandish my sword before them. Hithpōʿl. Impf. 3 ms. כָּעוֹף יִתְעוֹפֵף כְּבוֹדָם Ho 9:11 like a bird their glory shall fly away. Impf. 2 ms. Qr, v. Qal ad fin. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «עוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5774/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 91:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.5/) לֹא־תִ֭ירָא מִפַּ֣חַד לָ֑יְלָה מֵ֝חֵ֗ץ יָע֥וּף יוֹמָֽם׃ *Word for word:* not you.will.be.afraid from.\[the\] dread of.night from an.arrow \[which\].it.will.fly by.day *JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day; [Job 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.7/) כִּֽי־אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃ *Word for word:* (dm) everyone to trouble he.is.born and.\[the\] children of.flame they.make.high to.fly *JPS 1917:* But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. - ← previous: [עִוְעִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5773.md) - next →: [עוֹף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5775.md) - ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-2.md)