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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up;
the floods stood up in a heap;
the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 - Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be in many waters;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
and his kingdom shall be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:5 - The mountains quaked before the LORD,
even Sinai before the LORD,[fn] the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:28 - which the skies pour down
and drop on mankind abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:16 - He made streams come out of the rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 - He turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:18 - He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow 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,
flowing water from your own well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - a garden fountain, a well of living water,
and flowing streams from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind,
and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my garden,
let its spices flow.

She
Let my beloved come to his garden,
and eat its choicest 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 my Spirit upon your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - “Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
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 the water gushed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 - let them make haste and raise a wailing over us,
that our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids flow with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - Does the snow of Lebanon leave
the crags of Sirion?[fn]
Do the mountain waters run dry,[fn]
the cold flowing streams?
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