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Strong's #5197 - נָטַף
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- to drop, drip, distil, prophesy, preach, discourse
- (Qal) to drop, drip
- (Hiphil)
- to drip
- to drop (prophecy)
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2399) pun (נתהפ NThP) AC: Drip CO: Drop AB: ?
V) pun (נתהפ NThP) - Drip: To drip a sweet smelling liquid as an incense. Also the dripping of sweet words from the mouth. KJV (18): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) drop, prophesy, prophet, down - Strongs: H5197 (נָטַף)
Nm) pun (נתהפ NThP) - Nataph: Drops of an unknown aromatic gum resin used in incense. KJV (2): stacte, drop - Strongs: H5198 (נָטָף)
bf1) epiun (נתהיפה NThYPH) - Pendent: An ornamental probably with a drop shaped gem. KJV (2): collar, chain - Strongs: H5188 (נְטִפָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
drip, 
drop (Nö Syr. Gr. § 105) etc.; Arabic 
id.; Ethiopic 
id., 
colare (stillando), expercolare); — Qal Perfect 3 masculine plural נָָֽטְפוּ Judges 5:4 2t.; נָטָּ֑פוּ Judges 5:4; Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּטֹּף Job 29:22; 3 masculine plural יִטּפוּ Joel 4:18; 3 feminine plural תִּטֹּפְנָה Proverbs 5:3; Song of Solomon 4:11; Participle נֹטְפוֺת Song of Solomon 5:13; — drop, drip, usually transitive, with accusative, of clouds dropping water (מַיִ), in storm Judges 5:4, "" heavens Judges 5:4 (object omitted), Psalm 68:9 ( id.; all theoph.); of hands dripping myrrh (מוֺר) Song of Solomon 5:5; in predict. יִטְּפוּ עָסִיס Joel 4:18 the mountains shall drip must; figurative of (seductive) speech ׳נֹפֶת תִּטּ Proverbs 5:3 the lips of the strange woman drop honey, so perhaps Song of Solomon 4:11 (Bu of kisses); מוֺר׳שִׂפְתוֺתָיו נ Song of Solomon 5:13 his lips drip myrrh (perhaps of sweet breath). Intransitive only עָלֵימוֺ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִי Job 29:22 upon them my speech used to drop.
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine plural וְהִטִּיפוּ consecutive Amos 9:13; Imperfect 2 masculine singular תַּטִּיף Amos 7:16; 1 singular אַטִּף Micah 2:11; 3 masculine plural יִטִּיפ֑וּן Micah 2:6; 2 masculine plural תַּטִּיפוּ Micah 2:6, תַּטִּפוּ Micah 2:6; Participle מַטִּיף Micah 2:11; —
1 drip, עָסִיס׳וְהַטּ Amos 9:13 and the mountains shall drip must (=
Qal Joel 4:18).
2 of speech, especially prophecy (without accusative): with עַל against, Amos 7:16 ("" הִנָּבֵא), with אֶלֿ toward, Exodus 21:2 ("" id.), Exodus 21:7 ("" id.); with ל concerning Micah 2:11 compare Micah 2:11; — אַלתַּֿטִּפוּ יַטִּיכּ֑וּן לֹאיַֿטִּפוּ לָאֵלֶּה Micah 2:6 'talk not' — so they talk — ' they (read ye?) shall not talk of these things (where ׳תַּטּ, יַטִּפוּ reference to prophets).
נָטַף fut. יִטֹּף to drop, to fall in drops, (Aram. and Arab. id.; Eth. ነጠበ፡; to drop; ነጠፊ፡ itself is to trickle through, which takes place in dropping. The primary syllable טף is onomatopoetic, like the Germ. and English, by insertion of r, to drop, tropfen). Metaph. used of speech, Job 29:22, “my speech dropped on them,” was pleasant to them, like rain; commonly with an acc. of the thing, to let anything fall in drops (compare נָזַל No. 1, הָלַךְ No. 4). Joel 4:18, יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס “the mountains shall drop down new wine.” Song of Solomon 5:5, 13 Judges 5:4. Figuratively, Song of Solomon 4:11, נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ “thy lips drop honey,” Proverbs 5:3. In like manner in Arabic the idea of irrigating is applied to flowing and pleasant discourse; see روى and other synonymous verbs.
Hiphil, to cause to drop down, to drop (act.); with acc., Amos 9:13 specially speech, whence, the acc. being omitted, to speak, to prophesy, Micah 2:6, 11 Micah 2:11; Ezekiel 21:2, Ezekiel 21:7; Amos 7:16 compare נָבַע, נָבָא.
Derivatives נְטִיפוֹת [and pr.n. טָפַת] and the two following.
