נָזַל
nâzal · naw-zal'
to drip, or shed by trickling
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to drip, or shed by trickling
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing that works to cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָזַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the floods1 · 6%
- he shall pour1 · 6%
- out1 · 6%
- shall distil1 · 6%
- melted1 · 6%
- do drop1 · 6%
- streams1 · 6%
- and their floods1 · 6%
- flow1 · 6%
- and running waters1 · 6%
- and streams1 · 6%
- thereof may flow out1 · 6%
- and floods1 · 6%
- pour down1 · 6%
- to flow1 · 6%
- gush out1 · 6%
- flowing1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.