עֹוף S 5775 TWOT 1582a GK 641670 n.m. Gn 40:17 coll. flying creatures, fowl, insects ;— ע׳ abs. Gn 1:20 +, cstr. v 21 +;— 1. fowl birds , Gn 40:17 , 19 ( E ), 7:8
( J ), 1:20 , 22 ( P ), 1 K 5:13 +; especially (38 times) ע׳ הַשָּׁמַיִם fowl of the sky , Gn 2:19 , 20 ( J ), 1:26 , 28 , 30 ( P ), Ho 2:20 Ec 10:20 +, carrion birds 1 S 17:44 , 46 2 S 21:10 1 K 14:11 + 11 times; ע׳ הָרִים ψ 50:11 , ע׳ נֹודֵד Is 16: 2, כִּכְלוּב מָלֵא ע׳ Je 5:2 7; redundantly ע׳ כָּנָף fowl of wing Gn 1:21 ( P ), ψ 78:27 (for food); for food also Lv 7:26 ( P ), 17:13 ; 20:25 (both H ), cf. Lv 11:1 3, 46

( H , clean and unclean); for offering Gn 8:20 ( J ; הָע׳ הַטָּהֹור ), Lv 1:14 ( P ). 2. winged insects (clean and unclean) שֶׁרֶץ הָע׳ הַהֹלֵךְ עַל־אַרְבַּע Lv 11:20 , 21 ( H ). שׁ׳ הָע׳ Dt 14:1 9, so prob. הָע׳ alone v 2 0; אֲשֶׁר־לֹו אַרְבַּע רַגְלָ˜יִם שׁ׳ הָע׳ Lv 11:23 ( H ).

• [ עַפְעַף S 6079 TWOT 1582b GK 6757 ] n.m. Je 9:17 eyelid ( ^NH id.; from fluttering ? ) ;—only du. cstr. ( v. infr .) and sf. עַפְעַפַּי Jb 16:16 ψ 132:4 , עַפְעַפֶּיךָ Pr 4:2 5; 6:4 , etc.;— eyelids , usually nearly = eyes (6 times || עֵינַיִם ), as weeping, עַפְעַפֵּינוּ Je 9:1 7; closed in sleep ψ 132:4 Pr 6: 4, cf. of צַלְמָוֶת Jb 16:1 6; looking Pr 4:25 cf. ψ 11:4 (of י׳ , testing men); used seductively by wanton women Pr 6:25 ; raised, in arrogance (‘ superciliousness ’) 30:13 ; fig. עַפְעַפֵּי־שָׁ˜חַר Jb 3:9 eyelids of dawn , break of dawn, 41:10 ( sim. ).

עוּף S 5774 TWOT 1582, 1583 GK 6414 ], I. [ עִיף S 5774, 5888 TWOT 1614, 1614a GK ⁶⁵⁴⁵] vb. be dark ;—only Qal Impf. 2 fs. תָּעֻ˜פָה Jb 11:17 (though) it be dark , but read prob. תְּעֻפָה , subst. , v. infr.

• I . עֵיפָה S 5890, 5891 TWOT 1583d GK 6547, 6548, 6549 n.f. darkness ;— עשֵֹׁה שַׁחַר עֵיפָה Am 4:1 3; אֶרֶץ עֵפָ˜תָה Jb 10:22 ( Ges ^{§ 90 g}; || צַלְמָוֶת ).

• II . עֵיפָה S 5890, 5891 TWOT 1583d GK 6547, 6548, 6549 n.pr. 1. gent. ‘son’ of Midian Gn 25:4 ( J ) = 1 Ch 1:3 3, cf. Is 60: 6, Ö Γαφερ, Γεφαρ, Γαιφα(ρ) . 2. m. name in Judah 1 Ch 2:47 , Ö Γαιθα . 3. f. concubine of Caleb 1 Ch 2:46 , Ö Γαιφαηλ , A Γαιθα ἡ , Ö L Γαιθα .

• II. [