Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Dora:

One of my first questions after joining this group was the definition of RXP.

In Deuteronomy 32 it is used for an eagle, which is a big, heavy bird, which 
doesn‘t hover (except possibly metaphorically). In Jeremiah it is used of 
bones when he was dejected.

Peter Kirk found a source in a cognate language that indicates that RXP 
refers to nesting. Thus we can see the action of the eagle settling itself on 
its young while they are still small, to keep them warm. Similarly, when a 
person is depressed, as Jeremiah indicates he was, his bones felt heavy like 
lead set down and not to be moved. And the first of the three uses has the 
Spirit of God settling down upon the cold, hard, lifeless and still ball that 
was the earth.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>

> According to one of my Hebrew texts, it means hovering, as in what a bird
> does over a nest.
> 
> It says, "the root of this verb is [rosh chet pey]", meaning "hover over"
> such as a bird does over the nest.  The leter Tet indicates thius verb is
> feminine singular (she) perfect tense.  The letter "s" is a type of verb
> conjugation to be discussed later. (this always helps)  This verb can
> literally be translated as "she did hover".  The "She" of this word is the
> ruach, which is a feminine word.  While most consider teh "Spriit" is a
> "he", Biblically, it is a "she".
> 
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
> villandra AT austin.rr.com
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