H5197 - נָטַף (nâṭaph)

H5197 נָטַף (nâṭaph) naw-taf'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration

KJV Usage: drop(-ping), prophesy(-et)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נָטַף (na.taph) — to drip/prophesy. 1) to drop, drip, distil, prophesy, preach, discourse 1a) (Qal) to drop, drip 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to drip 1b2) to drop (prophecy)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

נטף (H5197)

verb · נָטָף · נֶטֶף · נְטִיפָה

Flow | verb qal

to drop, to drip = process by which liquids flow in small drops

JDG 5:4 · JDG 5:4 · JOB 29:22 · PSA 68:9 · PRO 5:3 · SNG 4:11 · SNG 5:5 · SNG 5:13 · JOL 4:18

Flow | verb hif

Collocation: הַר נטף

to drop, to drip literally: a mountain causes to drip; hence: = process by which liquids flow in small drops on a mountain

AMO 9:13

Speak | verb hif | ≈ נבא

to preach literally: to cause to drip (words); hence: = action by which humans speak or act as a prophet

EZK 21:2 · EZK 21:7 · AMO 7:16 · MIC 2:6 · MIC 2:6 · MIC 2:6 · MIC 2:11 · MIC 2:11

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[נָטַף] vb. drop, drip Qal drop, drip

Hiph. drip

of speech, esp. prophecy

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