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title: רָפַף — shake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָפַף (lemma:רָפַף), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shake. BDB 1906: vb. Pōʿ. shake, rock. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָפַף

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«רָפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shake** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:רָפַף · **BDB:** רָפַף

### Glosses

they.shake (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pōʿ. shake, rock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pōʿ. shake, rock (Aramaic רְפַף, ܪܰܦ move gently: Arabic رَفَّ quiver, flash, throb; also NH רִפְרֵף flutter, Arabic رَفْرَفَ flutter, flap wings);—Impf. 3 mpl. עַמּוּדֵי שָׁמַיִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ Jb 26:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָפַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.11/)

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עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].pillars of.heaven they.shake and they.are.astonished from rebuke his

*JPS 1917:* The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

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