rachaph: relax Original Word: רָחַף
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: rachaph
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-khaf')
Short Definition: relax
I. [רָחַף] verb grow soft, relax (compare Arabic  be soft); — Qal Perfect3plural רָֽחֲפוּ Jeremiah 23:9 (bones of one appalled). II. רָחַף verb Pi`el hover (Late Hebrew id., compare GrünbaumZMG xxxix (1885), 607; Syriac Pa`el  move Gently, also cherish, and brood, compare Thess. see; connection with I. ׳ר dubious); — Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְרַחֵף עַל Deuteronomy 32:11 (poem) of vulture hovering over young; Participle מְרַחֶפֶת עַלמְּֿנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם ׳רוּחַ א Genesis 1:2 (P); hovering over face of waters, or perhaps (see Syriac) brooding (and fertilizing), so JerQuaest. in Gen. ed. Lag. 4 (reading 'marahaefeth), compare Di Gunk.
flutter, move, shake A primitive root; to brood; by implication, to be relaxed -- flutter, move, shake.
mê·rā·ḥem — 3 Occ.
mê·re·ḥem — 7 Occ.
raḥ·māh — 4 Occ.
re·ḥem — 10 Occ.
wə·raḥ·māh — 1 Occ.
wə·ra·ḥă·mîn — 1 Occ.
hā·rā·ḥām — 1 Occ.
hā·rā·ḥā·māh — 1 Occ.
ra·ḥă·mā·ṯa·yim — 1 Occ.
ra·ḥă·mā·nî·yō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
rā·ḥă·p̄ū — 1 Occ.
yə·ra·ḥêp̄ — 1 Occ.
bir·ḥōṣ — 1 Occ.
’er·ḥaṣ — 2 Occ.
hiṯ·rā·ḥaṣ·tî — 1 Occ.
lə·rā·ḥə·ṣāh — 4 Occ.
lir·ḥōṣ — 3 Occ.
rā·ḥaṣ — 3 Occ.
rā·ḥaṣt — 1 Occ.
rā·ḥaṣ·tî — 1 Occ.
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