H7363a [רָחַף] vb. grow soft, relax (cf. Ar. Arabicbe soft);—
Qal .Pf. 3 pl. רָֽחֲפוּJe 23:9 (bones of one appalled).
H7363bרָחַףvb. Pi. hover (NH id., cf. Grünbaum ZMG xxxix (1885), 607; Syr. Pa. Syriacmove gently, also cherish, and brood, cf. Thes S. V.; connexion with I. ר׳ dub.);—
Pi . Impf. 3 ms. יְרַחֵף עַלDt 32:11 (poem) of vulture hovering over young; Pt. רוּחַ א׳ מְרַהֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּ֑יִםGn 1:2(P); hovering over face of waters, or perh. (v. Syr.) brooding (and fertilizing), so Jer Quaest. In Gen. ed. Lag. 4 (reading ‘marahaefeth’), cf. Di Gunk.