Gen 1:2: ruach elohim, "the Spirit of God" or "a wind from God"

Says 1:2 continues וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם (veruach elohim merachefet 'al-pene hammayim). OSHB tags רוּחַ as a construct noun of either gender, and מְרַחֶפֶת as a Piel participle, feminine singular, agreeing with it (BDB "hover"). BDB glosses the noun "breath, wind, spirit" and lists "spirit of God" among its senses. The LXX has πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἐπεφέρετο ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατος (note.language.Gen.1.1-Gen.1.5.lxx-en-arche-aoratos).

Says Deut 32:11 has יְרַחֵף, a Piel imperfect that shares a root with מְרַחֶפֶת, of the eagle that "hovers over its young" (BSB). This agrees with note.language.Deut.32.10-Deut.32.14.eagle-alone.

Uncertain How to read the phrase. No lean is taken here. (1) "the Spirit of God" (BSB), God's own presence and agency; compare Ps 33:6, וּבְרוּחַ פִּיו, and Ps 104:30, תְּשַׁלַּח רוּחֲךָ ("When You send Your Spirit," BSB). The BSB's capital S expresses this view; the Hebrew has no capitals. (2) A wind or breath from God, as in Gen 8:1, וַיַּעֲבֵר אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ עַל־הָאָרֶץ ("God sent a wind over the earth," BSB). (3) "A mighty wind," taking אֱלֹהִים as an intensifier; that use is debated. A Trinitarian reading of the Spirit here is a later Christian reading for those who hold it, not a sense fixed by the Hebrew alone.