נָזָהnâzâh
נָזָה: spurt, spatter, sprinkle
Pronunciation: naw-zaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5137
Meanings
Qal: spurt, spatter, always of blood (Leviticus 6:20; Isaiah 63:3; 2 Kings 9:33)
Hiph`il: cause to spurt, sprinkle (Leviticus 4:6; Exodus 29:21; Leviticus 16:14)
נָזָה: spring, leap, (dubious)
Hiph`il: so shall he cause to leap, startle (Isaiah 52:15)
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 29:21 Then take some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his sons and on their garments. In this way, they and their garments will be set apart as holy.
- Leviticus 4:6 dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the inner curtain of the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 4:17 dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the inner curtain.
- Leviticus 5:9 Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against the sides of the altar, and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. This is an offering for sin.
- Leviticus 6:27 Anyone or anything that touches the sacrificial meat will become holy. If any of the sacrificial blood spatters on a person’s clothing, the soiled garment must be washed in a sacred place.
- Leviticus 8:11 He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, anointing it and all its utensils, as well as the washbasin and its stand, making them holy.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).