Lexical Definition

‎נָזַל‎ nâzal (naw-zal') to flow ^H:V
a primitive root

distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.

• to drip, or shed by trickling

1) to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to flow
1a1a) streams, floods (participle)
1a2) to distil
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to flow

See Greek: ἐξάγω · ἐξέρχομαι · καταβαίνω · ῥέω · τήκω · ὕδωρ

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 Judg 5:5 Imperfect ‎יִזַּל‎ Num 24:7 etc; Participle ‎נֹזְלִים‎Exod 15:8 +, etc.; —

1. flow subject water, Num 24:7 (JE); Ps 147:18 compare Jer 18:14 subject clouds, Job 36:28 followed by rain as accusative of material Ges^{«GKC:117z»§ 117z} (|| ‎רעף‎ and, vJob 36:27, ‎זקק‎), compare Jer 9:17* (of eyelids); so .fig. Isa 45:8 followed by ‎צֶדֶק‎ (|| ‎רעף‎); of mountains (i.e. their torrents) Judg 5:6 according to ᵑ9 Ew GFM and others, but see I. ‎זלל‎ especially participle as substantive, = streams, floods, Exod 15:8 (|| ‎מים‎, ‎תהום‎ of Red Sea); Ps 78:44 (|| ‎יְאֹר‎); for drinking Ps 78:16 (|| ‎מים כַנהרות‎, ‎תהום‎ vPs 78:15), Prov 5:15 out of well (|| ‎מים‎); for irrigation Isa 44:3 (|| ‎מים‎); figurative of Shulamite ‎מִןלְֿבָנוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Song 4:15 (|| ‎מעין גנים‎, ‎באר מים‎)

2. distil, of spices ‎בְּשָׂמִים‎ Song 4:16 figurative of words, like dew Deut 32:2 (|| ‎ערף‎). Hiph`il Perfect lyZIhi Isa 48:21 cause to flow, water from rock (|| ‎זוב‎). — See also I. ‎זלל‎.

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