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Lexicon :: Strong's H5140 - nāzal

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נָזַל
Transliteration
nāzal
Pronunciation
naw-zal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1337

Strong’s Definitions

נָזַל nâzal, naw-zal'; a primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling:—distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H5140 in the following manner: flood (3x), flow (3x), stream (2x), pour out (1x), distil (1x), melted (1x), drop (1x), running waters (1x), flow out (1x), pour down (1x), gush out (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H5140 in the following manner: flood (3x), flow (3x), stream (2x), pour out (1x), distil (1x), melted (1x), drop (1x), running waters (1x), flow out (1x), pour down (1x), gush out (1x).

  1. to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop

    1. (Qal)

      1. to flow

        1. streams, floods (participle)

      2. to distil

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to flow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָזַל nâzal, naw-zal'; a primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling:—distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.
STRONGS H5140: Abbreviations
† [נָזַל] verb flow, trickle, drop, distil (poetry) (Targum נְזַל of flowing water; Syriac bdb063304 descendit, defluet PS2331; Arabic bdb063305 descend (.milk into udder, but also in general)); —
Qal Perfect נָָֽזְלוּ Judges 5:5; Imperfect יִזַּל Numbers 24:7 etc; Participle נֹזְלִים Exodus 15:8 +, etc.; —
1. flow subject water, Numbers 24:7 (JE); Psalm 147:18; compare Jeremiah 18:14; subject clouds, Job 36:28 followed by rain as accusative of material Ges§ 117z (|| רעף and, Job 36:27, זקק), compare Jeremiah 9:17 (of eyelids); so fig. Isaiah 45:8 followed by צֶדֶק (|| רעף); of mountains (i.e. their torrents) Judges 5:6 according to Vulgate Ew GFM and others, but see I. זלל especially participle as substantive, = streams, floods, Exodus 15:8 (|| מים, תהום of Red Sea); Psalm 78:44 (|| יְאֹר); for drinking Psalm 78:16 (|| מים כַנהרות, תהום Psalm 78:15), Proverbs 5:15 out of well (|| מים); for irrigation Isaiah 44:3 (|| מים); figurative of Shulamite מִןלְֿבָנוֺן נ׳ Songs 4:15 (|| מעין גנים, באר מים)
2. distil, of spices בְּשָׂמִים Songs 4:16; figurative of words, like dew Deuteronomy 32:2 (|| ערף).
Hiph. Perfect lyZIhi Isaiah 48:21 cause to flow, water from rock (|| זוב). — See also I. זלל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:8; 15:8

Numbers

24:7; 24:7

Deuteronomy

32:2

Judges

5:5; 5:6

Job

36:27; 36:28

Psalms

78:15; 78:16; 78:44; 147:18

Proverbs

5:15

Song of Songs

4:15; 4:16

Isaiah

44:3; 45:8; 48:21

Jeremiah

9:17; 18:14

H5140

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5140 matches the Hebrew נָזַל (nāzal),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 - By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 - Water will flow from their buckets; their seed will have abundant water. “Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:5 - The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:28 - the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:16 - he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 - He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:18 - He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 - Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - You are[fn] a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - She: Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:3 - For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - “You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 - Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever stop flowing?[fn]
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