H5774. uwph
I. עוּף verb fly (Late Hebrew id., (rare) flicker, flutter, עוֺף fowl; Aramaic עוֺפָא, id.; Ethiopic id.; Arabic augury, from birds (compare WeHeid. 2, 202), fortune, , practice augury, augur; also , fly about, of birds); —
Qal Perfect3masculine plural וְעָפוּ consecutive [Isa 11:14]; Imperfect3masculine singular יָעוּף [Job 20:8]; [Psa 91:5] + [Prov 23:5]b Qr (> Kt ועוף [van d. H.], or ועיף [Ginsb]); וַיָּעֹ֑ף [2Sam 22:11] = [Psa 18:11]; [Nahum 3:16], וַיָּ֫עָף [Isa 6:6]; [3]feminine singular (הֲ)תָעוּף [Prov 23:5] a Kt (see below); 3 feminine plural תְּעוּפֶינָה [Isa 60:8], etc.; Infinitive construct עוּף [Job 5:7]; [Prov 26:2]; Participle feminine singular עָפָה [Zech 5:1-2], plural עָפוֺת [Isa 31:5]; —
1. a. fly, of birds [Deut 4:17], specifically of swallow (in simile) [Prov 26:2] (|| נוּד); of seraph [Isa 6:6] (compare
Po`1.); ׳י riding (רכב) on cherub [2Sam 22:11] = [Psa 18:11]; roll (in vision) [Zech 5:1-2], arrow [Psa 91:5]; of swift army [Isa 11:14] (under figure of bird, followed by בְּכָתֵף) [Hab 1:8] (simile of vulture); figurative of ships (like cloud, or doves) [Isa 60:8]; עוּף יַגְבִּיהוּ בְּנֵירֶֿשֶׁף [Job 5:7] make high to fly, i.e. make their flight high, soar aloft (simile of irresistible tendency).
b. hover (protectingly) [Isa 31:5] (birds, simile of ׳י; on sense compare [Deut 32:11]).
2 fly away, to a distance, [Psa 55:7] (figurative; || נְדֹד אַרְחִיק [55:8]); = vanish, of locusts Nahum 1:16 (figurative); הַשָּׁמַיִם יָעוּף כְּנֶשֶׁר [Prov 23:5]b (Qr) simile of riches (see Toy); of wicked [Job 20:8] (כַּחֲלוֺם); end of life, in General, וַנָּעֻ֑פָה [Psa 90:10]. — הֲתָעוּף [Prov 23:5] a Kt, do thine eyes fly (light) upon it ? (הֲתָעִיף
Hiph`il Qr dost thou cause thine eyes to fly, etc. ?) is difficult, and line perhaps not original (see Toy).
Po`l. 1. fly about, to and fro; Imperfect3masculine singular יְעוֺפֵף of birds [Gen 1:20] (P); seraphim [Isa 6:2]; Participle מְעוֺפֵף שָׂרָף flying fiery serpent [14:29]; [30:6].
2 cause to fly to and fro, brandish, Infinitive construct suffix חַרְבִּי בְּעוֺפְפִי [Ezek 32:10] when I brandish my sword before them.
Hithpo`el Imperfect3masculine singular כְּבוֺדָם יִתְעוֺפֵף כָּעוֺף [Hosea 9:11] like a bird their glory shall fly away.
Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular Qr, see
Qal near the end
II. [עוּף], I. [עִיף] verb be dark; — only
Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תָּעֻ֫פָה [Job 11:17] (though) it be dark, but read probably תְּעֻפָה, substantive, see below
II. [עִיף] verb be faint (compare Syriac
3, PS2835; || form of יעף q. v.; occurrences dubious); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular לְ נַפְשִׁי עָֽיְפָה [Jer 4:31] (? read עֲיֵפָה); Imperfect3masculine singular וַיָּ֫עַף [Judg 4:21] (< וְיָעֵף GFM Bu), [1Sam 14:28] (strike out We Bu Kit Löhr, emendation HPS), [14:31] (read וַיִּעַף [√ יעף] Buhl HPS), [2Sam 21:15] (corrupt, HPS; for Philistine name We Dr Bu Kit).
עוֺף noun [masculine] fowl (see Biblical Hebrew, √ I. עוּף); — ׳ע absolute [Dan 7:6] wings of a fowl; construct [2:38] collective