Strong's Lexicon

H5140

H5140 — נָזַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewnazalverbOccurrences: 16TWOT: 1337

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5140
Word:נָזַל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:16
Transliteration:nazal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:naw-zal'
Meaning:1. to drip, or shed by trickling
KJV Renderings:distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.

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[נָזַל] verb flow, trickle, drop, distil (poetry) ( ᵑ7 נְזַל of flowing water; Syriac [untranscribed source text 3256] descendit, defluet PS2331; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3257] descend (.milk into udder, but also in general)); —

Qal Perfect נָָֽזְלוּ Judg 5:5 Imperfect יִזַּל Num 24:7 etc; Participle נֹזְלִים Exod 15:8 +, etc.; —
1. flow subject water, Num 24:7 ( J E ); Ps 147:18 compare Jer 18:14 subject clouds, Job 36:28 followed by rain as accusative of material Ges«GKC:117z»§ 117z (|| רעף and, Job 36:27, זקק), compare Jer 9:17 (of eyelids); so .fig. Isa 45:8 followed by צֶדֶק (|| רעף); of mountains (i.e. their torrents) Judg 5:6 according to ᵑ9 Ew GFM and others, but see I. זלל especially participle as substantive, = streams, floods, Exod 15:8 (|| מים , תהום of Red Sea); Ps 78:44 (|| יְאֹר); for drinking Ps 78:16 (|| מים כַנהרות, תהום Ps 78:15), Prov 5:15 out of well (|| מים); for irrigation Isa 44:3 (|| מים); figurative of Shulamite מִןלְֿבָנוֺן ׳ נ Song 4:15 (|| מעין גנים, באר מים)
2. distil, of spices בְּשָׂמִים Song 4:16 figurative of words, like dew Deut 32:2 (|| ערף).
Hiph`il Perfect lyZIhi Isa 48:21 cause to flow, water from rock (|| זוב). — See also I. זלל .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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