5140. nazal

Lexicon

nazal: To flow, trickle, drop, distill

Original Word: נָזַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nazal
Pronunciation: naw-ZAL
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-zal')
Definition: To flow, trickle, drop, distill
Meaning: to drip, shed by trickling

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

distil, drop, flood, cause to flowing, gush out, melt, pour down, running water,

A primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling -- distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to flow, trickle, drop, distill
NASB Translation
distill (1), flow (4), flowing (2), fresh water (1), pour down (2), quaked (1), streams (4), wafted (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

Qal Perfect נָָֽזְלוּ Judges 5:5; Imperfect יִזַּל Numbers 24:7 etc; Participle נֹזְלִיםExodus 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 ᵑ9 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`il Perfect lyZIhi Isaiah 48:21 cause to flow, water from rock ("" זוב). — See also I. זלל.

נזם (√ of following; meaning unknown).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G1806 (ἐξάγω, exago): To lead out, bring forth
• G1831 (ἐξέρχομαι, exerchomai): To go out, come out
• G2597 (καταβαίνω, katabaino): To go down, descend
• G4482 (ῥαντίζω, rhantizo): To sprinkle, cleanse
• G5080 (τίκτω, tikto): To bring forth, bear
• G5204 (ὕδωρ, hydor): Water

These Greek entries reflect various aspects of movement, descent, and the presence of water, paralleling the Hebrew concept of נָזַל in terms of flow and outpouring.

Usage: The verb נָזַל (nazal) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the action of dripping or trickling, often in the context of water or other liquids. It conveys the idea of a slow, continuous flow or shedding.

Context: The Hebrew verb נָזַל (nazal) appears in various contexts within the Old Testament, often associated with the natural flow of water or other substances. It is used to describe the gentle, persistent movement of liquids, emphasizing a gradual and steady process. This term can be found in poetic and prophetic literature, where it often serves as a metaphor for abundance or the outpouring of blessings.

For example, in Job 36:28, the word is used to describe the process by which rainwater trickles from the clouds: "The clouds pour down their moisture; abundant showers fall on mankind." Here, נָזַל illustrates the natural cycle of precipitation, highlighting the provision and sustenance that rain brings to the earth.

In another instance, the word is used metaphorically in Isaiah 45:8, where the heavens are called to "drip down righteousness": "Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open up, that salvation may sprout, and righteousness may spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it." This passage uses the imagery of dripping to convey the idea of divine blessing and moral renewal descending from above.

The concept of נָזַל is also present in the context of tears or weeping, as seen in Lamentations 1:16: "For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears, for there is no one to comfort me, no one to restore my soul. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed." Here, the verb captures the emotional outpouring of sorrow and lamentation.

Forms and Transliterations

הִזִּ֣יל הזיל וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם וְנֹזְלִ֖ים ונזליהם ונזלים יִֽזַּל־ יִזְּל֣וּ יִזְּל֥וּ יִזְּלוּ־ יזל־ יזלו יזלו־ נָזְל֖וּ נֹזְלִ֑ים נוֹזְלִ֣ים נוֹזְלִֽים׃ נוזלים נוזלים׃ נזלו נזלים תִּזַּ֥ל תזל hiz·zîl hizZil hizzîl nā·zə·lū nazeLu nāzəlū nō·wz·lîm nō·zə·lîm nōwzlîm nozeLim nōzəlîm nozLim tiz·zal tizzal venozeleiHem venozeLim wə·nō·zə·lê·hem wə·nō·zə·lîm wənōzəlêhem wənōzəlîm yiz·zal- yiz·zə·lū yiz·zə·lū- yizzal yizzal- yizzeLu yizzəlū yizzəlū-

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 15:8
HEB: כְמוֹ־ נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים קָֽפְא֥וּ תְהֹמֹ֖ת
NAS: were piled up, The flowing waters
KJV: were gathered together, the floods stood upright
INT: like A heap the flowing were congealed the deeps

Numbers 24:7
HEB: יִֽזַּל־ מַ֙יִם֙ מִדָּ֣לְיָ֔ו
NAS: Water will flow from his buckets,
KJV: the water out of his buckets,
INT: will flow Water his buckets

Deuteronomy 32:2
HEB: כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י
NAS: My speech distill as the dew,
KJV: my speech shall distil as the dew,
INT: as the rain my teaching distill as the dew my speech

Judges 5:5
HEB: הָרִ֥ים נָזְל֖וּ מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה
NAS: The mountains quaked at the presence
KJV: The mountains melted from before
INT: the mountains quaked the presence of the LORD

Job 36:28
HEB: אֲשֶֽׁר־ יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ
NAS: the clouds pour down, They drip
KJV: Which the clouds do drop [and] distil
INT: Which pour the clouds drip

Psalm 78:16
HEB: וַיּוֹצִ֣א נוֹזְלִ֣ים מִסָּ֑לַע וַיּ֖וֹרֶד
NAS: He brought forth streams also from the rock
KJV: He brought streams also out of the rock,
INT: brought streams the rock to run

Psalm 78:44
HEB: לְ֭דָם יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם בַּל־ יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃
NAS: to blood, And their streams, they could not drink.
KJV: into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
INT: to blood their rivers and their streams not drink

Psalm 147:18
HEB: יַשֵּׁ֥ב ר֝וּח֗וֹ יִזְּלוּ־ מָֽיִם׃
NAS: to blow and the waters to flow.
KJV: to blow, [and] the waters flow.
INT: to blow his wind to flow and the waters

Proverbs 5:15
HEB: מַ֥יִם מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃
NAS: from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
KJV: out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of
INT: water cistern and fresh of well

Songs 4:15
HEB: מַ֣יִם חַיִּ֑ים וְנֹזְלִ֖ים מִן־ לְבָנֽוֹן׃
NAS: water, And streams [flowing] from Lebanon.
KJV: waters, and streams from Lebanon.
INT: water of fresh and streams at Lebanon

Songs 4:16
HEB: הָפִ֥יחִי גַנִּ֖י יִזְּל֣וּ בְשָׂמָ֑יו יָבֹ֤א
NAS: out [fragrance], Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved
KJV: [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved
INT: breathe my garden be wafted spices come

Isaiah 44:3
HEB: עַל־ צָמֵ֔א וְנֹזְלִ֖ים עַל־ יַבָּשָׁ֑ה
NAS: on the thirsty [land] And streams on the dry ground;
KJV: upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground:
INT: on the thirsty and streams on the dry

Isaiah 45:8
HEB: מִמַּ֔עַל וּשְׁחָקִ֖ים יִזְּלוּ־ צֶ֑דֶק תִּפְתַּח־
NAS: And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
KJV: and let the skies pour down righteousness:
INT: above the clouds pour righteousness open

Isaiah 48:21
HEB: מַ֥יִם מִצּ֖וּר הִזִּ֣יל לָ֑מוֹ וַיִּ֨בְקַע־
NAS: He made the water flow out of the rock
KJV: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock
INT: the water of the rock flow split the rock

Jeremiah 9:18
HEB: דִּמְעָ֔ה וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ יִזְּלוּ־ מָֽיִם׃
NAS: tears And our eyelids flow with water.
KJV: and our eyelids gush out with waters.
INT: tears and our eyelids flow water

Jeremiah 18:14
HEB: זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים׃
NAS: is the cold flowing water
KJV: [or] shall the cold flowing waters
INT: a foreign is the cold flowing

16 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5140
16 Occurrences

hiz·zîl — 1 Occ.
nā·zə·lū — 1 Occ.
nō·zə·lîm — 1 Occ.
nō·wz·lîm — 2 Occ.
tiz·zal — 1 Occ.
wə·nō·zə·lê·hem — 1 Occ.
wə·nō·zə·lîm — 3 Occ.
yiz·zal- — 1 Occ.
yiz·zə·lū — 5 Occ.