Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
H7363a
H7363a [ רָחַף ] vb . grow soft , relax (cf. Ar. Arabic be soft );— . Pf . 3 pl. רָֽחֲפוּ Je 23:9 (bones of one appalled). H7363b רָחַף vb . Pi . hover (NH id ., cf. Grünbaum ZMG xxxix (1885), 607; Syr. Pa. Syriac move gently , also cherish , and brood , cf. Thes S. V.; connexion with I. ר׳ dub.);— . Impf . 3 ms. יְרַחֵף עַל Dt 32:11 (poem) of vulture hovering over young; Pt . רוּחַ א׳ מְרַהֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם Gn 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain