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Genesis 1:2

The Earth has become an unreal/chaotic one of himself and a pure-one of himself9 and a dark-one10 upon the faces11 of an uproar,12 and a spirit of elohim is she-who-hovers13 upon the faces of the Dual-Water-ones.14

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Strong’s #7363, rachaph, flutter the wings. Participle feminine singular (verb noun) מְרַחֶ֖פֶת. The “spirit/wind” is a feminine noun and therefore a feminine verb form is used here. This syntax cannot be debated, though it has been covered up/ignored by scholars and translators since time immemorial.

This word is related to the word for wing (kanaph #3671). An eagle flutters upon his nestlings (Deut. 32:11), “the whole of my bones flutter…” Jer. 23:9. There appears to be an allegorical meaning of “bones” as well...