נָזַלnâzal
flow, trickle, drop, distil, (poetry)
Pronunciation: naw-zal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5140
Meanings
Qal
1. flow (Numbers 24:7; Psalms 147:18; Jeremiah 18:14)
2. distil (Song of Solomon 4:16; Deuteronomy 32:2)
Hiph`il: cause to flow (Isaiah 48:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 15:8 At the blast of your breath, the waters piled up! The surging waters stood straight like a wall; in the heart of the sea the deep waters became hard.
- Numbers 24:7 Water will flow from their buckets; their offspring have all they need. Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.
- Deuteronomy 32:2 Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew. Let my words fall like rain on tender grass, like gentle showers on young plants.
- Judges 5:5 The mountains quaked in the presence of the Lord, the God of Mount Sinai— in the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.
- Job 36:28 The rain pours down from the clouds, and everyone benefits.
- Psalms 78:16 He made streams pour from the rock, making the waters flow down like a river!
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).