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רָעַף râʻaph — to drip
pronounced raw-af' · Strong's H7491 · 5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Hiph'il
Translated in the KJV as distil, drop.
a primitive root; to drip.
râʻaph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al) 4×
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4
יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּJob 36:28Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. (KJV)
יִרְעֲפ֥וּןPs 65:12Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. (KJV)
יִ֭רְעֲפוּPs 65:13Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. (KJV)
Hiph'il 1×
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Imperative 1
הַרְעִ֤יפוּIsa 45:8Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it. (KJV)
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
In the app, tap any Hebrew verb while reading: its root, stem and form are named, the letters of the word itself are coloured to show which is which, and the stem's meaning is put in plain English. râʻaph in the lexicon ›
Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.
