Lexical Definition

‎נֶסֶךְ‎ neçek (neh'-sek) drink offering ^H:N-M
or נֵסֶךְ nêçek (nay'-sek); from ‎נָסַךְ‎

cover, drink offering, molten image.

• a libation
• also a cast idol

1) drink offering, libation, molten image, something poured out
1a) drink offering
1b) molten images

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.sakh (‎נ‎ְ‎ס‎ַ‎ך‎ְ "drink offering" נְסַךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֶ֫סֶךְ‎ noun masculine drink-offering; — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 35:14 + 6 t.; ‎נֵ֫סֶךְ‎ Exod 29:40; Exod 30:9; Ezek 45:17 ‎נָ֑סֶךְ‎ Num 4:7; Joel 1:13 construct ‎נֶסֶךְ‎ Num 28:7 suffix ‎נִסְכִּי‎ Isa 48:5, etc.; plural ‎נְסָכִים‎ Jer 7:18 + 9 t.; suffix ‎נְסָכֶיהָ‎ Num 29:31, ‎נִסְכֵּיכֶם‎ vNum 29:39, etc.; —

1. drink-offering, with ‎עַל‎ (on Jacob's ‎מַצֵּבָה‎ at Bethel) Gen 35:14 (E); elsewhere in worship of ‎׳‎‎י‎ only P and related documents; once of vessels of holy table ‎קְשׂוֺת הַנָּ֑סֶךְ‎ Num 4:7 elsewhere in classifications Lev 23:37; Num 29:39, usually offered with the ‎עלה‎ Exod 29:40; Exod 23:18; Exod 15:7; Exod 15:10; Exod 15:24; Exod 28:7; Exod 28:14; Exod 28:31; Exod 29:18; Exod 28:21; Exod 28:24; Exod 28:27; Exod 28:30; Exod 28:33; Num 28:37, especially ‎עוֺלַת הַתָּמִיד‎ Num 28:9; Num 28:10; Num 28:15; Num 28:24; Num 29:6; Num 29:11; Num 29:16; Num 29:19; Num 29:22; Num 29:25; Num 29:28; Num 29:31; Num 29:34; Num 29:38 ‎מִנְחַת הַבֹּקֶר‎ Exod 29:41; Num 28:8 but sometimes also with (‎שׁלמים‎) ‎זבח‎ Num 6:15; Num 6:17; Num 15:15; Num 15:10 usually + ‎מִנְחָה‎; elsewhere only 1Chr 29:21; 2Chr 29:35; Ezek 45:17 ‎מִנְחָה‎ ‎׳‎‎וָנ‎ Joel 1:9; Joel 1:13; Joel 2:14. Offered to other gods 2Kgs 16:13; 2Kgs 16:15; Isa 57:6; 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.

2. molten images, Isa 41:29; Isa 48:5; Jer 10:14; Jer 51:17. — Combinations are: ‎׳‎‎נָסַךְ נ‎, ‎׳‎‎הִסִּיךְ נ‎ (see verb); ‎׳‎‎שָׁפַךְ נ‎ Isa 57:6.

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