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title: רָעַף — trickle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָעַף (7491), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: trickle. BDB 1906: vb. trickle, drip. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָעַף

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«רָעַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trickle** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 7491 · **BDB:** רָעַף

### Glosses

they.drip (2); drip.down (1); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trickle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7491/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. trickle, drip [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7491/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. trickle, drip, synon. of נזל, II. ערף (cf. Arabic رَعَفَ flow (of blood), bleed (of the nose));— Impf. 3 mpl. יִרְעֲפוּ, of clouds Jb 36:28 (c. עֲלֵי pers.; ‖ יִזְּלוּ), c. acc. mat. טַל Pr 3:20; fig. מַעְגָּלֶיךָ יִרְעֲפוּן דָּ֑שֶׁן ψ 65:12 (i.e. fertilizing rain); subj. of moistened ground, נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר, v 13. Imv. mpl. הַרְעִיפוּ Is 45:8 trickle, O heavens, from above (fig.: ‖ יִזְּלוּ צֶדֶק).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָעַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7491/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.28/)

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אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀ אָדָ֬ם רָֽב׃

*Word for word:* which they.flow \[the\].clouds they.drip on humankind numerous

*JPS 1917:* Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.

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[Psalms 65:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.13/)

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יִ֭רְעֲפוּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וְ֝גִ֗יל גְּבָע֥וֹת תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃

*Word for word:* they.drip \[the\].pastures of.\[the\].wilderness and rejoicing \[the\].hills they.gird.on

*JPS 1917:* The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy.

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