Lexical Definition

‎נָסַךְ‎ nâçak (naw-sak') to pour ^H:V
a primitive root

cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).

• to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal)
• by analogy, to anoint aking

1) to pour out, pour, offer, cast
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pour out
1a2) to cast metal images
1a3) to anoint (a king)
1b) (Niphal) to be anointed
1c) (Piel) to pour out (as a libation)
1d) (Hiphil) to pour out libations
1e) (Hophal) to be poured out
2) to set, install
2a) (Qal) to install
2b) (Niphal) to be installed

See Greek: θεμελιόω · καθίστημι · ποιέω · ποτίζω · σπένδω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.sakh (‎נ‎ְ‎ס‎ַ‎ך‎ְ "to pour" נְסַךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: נְסַךְ
I. ‎נָסַךְ‎ verb pour out (Late Hebrew id., pour, cast (metals, Pi`el make libation; Phoenician ‎נסך‎ cast gold or iron Lzb^{323 f.}; ᵑ7 ‎נְסַךְ‎ make libation; Syriac pour out; Arabic , originally be-pour, water Nö^{ZMG xii (1887), 719} (rare), usually worship Lane³⁰³² (compare RS^{Semitic i. 213; 2d ed. 229}), i.e. pour out blood of victim, pour out wine We^{Heid. 2, 114, 118, 142}; —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נָסַךְ‎ Isa 29:10; Isa 40:19 ‎נָסָ֑ךְ‎ Isa 44:10 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִסְּכוּ‎ Hos 9:4 2 masculine singular ‎תִּסְּכוּ‎ Exod 30:9 Infinitive ‎לִנְסֹךְ‎ Isa 30:1 Participle Pass. feminine ‎נְסוּכָה‎ Isa 25:7 —

1. pour out, with ‎עַל‎ (the spirit of deep sleep) Isa 29:10.

2. pour out libations, with accusative ‎נֶסֶךְ‎ Exod 30:9 (P); ‎מַסֵּכָה‎ Isa 30:1 ‎יַיִן‎ Hos 9:4.

3. cast metal images, with accusative ‎פֶּסֶל‎ Isa 40:19; Isa 44:10.

Piel Imperfect ‎יְנַסֵךְ‎ 1Chr 11:18 pour out as libation, with accusative ‎מַיִם‎ + ‎ליהוה‎ (= 2Sam 23:16 Hiph`il).

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎הִסִּכוּ‎ Jer 32:39 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיַּסֵךְ‎ Gen 35:14 + 2 t.; 1 singular ‎אַסִּיךְ‎ Ps 16:4 3 masculine plural ‎וַיַסִּיכוּ‎ Ezek 20:28 Imperative ‎הַסֵךְ‎ Num 28:7 Infinitive absolute ‎הַסֵּיךְ‎ Jer 44:17 ‎הַסֵךְ‎ Jer 7:18 + 3 t.; construct ‎לְהַסֵךְ‎ Jer 44:19; Jer 44:25 (Kö^{i. 309}); — pour out libations, with accusative ‎נֶסֶךְ‎ Gen 35:14 (E), 2Kgs 16:13; Num 28:7 (P), ‎מַיִם‎ 2Sam 23:16 ‎ליהוה‎; elsewhere, ‎נְסָכִים‎ to other gods Jer 7:18; Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29; Jer 44:17; Jer 44:18; Jer 44:19 (twice in verse); Jer 44:25; Ezek 20:28; Ps 16:4.

Hoph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יֻסַּךְ‎ be poured out, Exod 25:29; Exod 37:16, of holy wine, with ‎בְ‎ of vessels.

III. [‎נָסַךְ‎] verb set, install (Assyrian nasâku, id., whence nasîku, prince, Dl^{HWB 472}; see also Muss-Arn^{Hebraica. vi. 89. R. 17 and references}); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎נָסַכְתִּי מַלְכִּי עַלצִֿיּוֺן‎ Ps 2:6 I have installed my king upon Zion. Niph`al Perfect 1 singular ‎נִסַּכְתִּי‎ Prov 8:23 I was installed (of Wisdom).

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