נָטַף (nāṭap) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning drop. It appears
18 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5197).
Also rendered
to drip/prophesy
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1355)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1355)drop, drip; ooze, distil gradually, fall in drops, speak by inspiration; dropping, prophesy, prophet
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָטַףverb: drop, drip
Qaldrop, drip
Hiphil
1.drip
2.of speech, especially prophecy
Strong's H5197נָטַף: to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration KJV:drop(-ping), prophesy(-et).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.