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title: נְסַךְ — drink-offering · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: נְסַךְ (lemma:נְסַךְ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: drink-offering. BDB 1906: drink-offering. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְסַךְ

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«נְסַךְ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **drink-offering** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:נְסַךְ · **BDB:** נְסַךְ²

### Glosses

offer.in.sacrifice (1); their.drink (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drink-offering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

drink-offering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] drink-offering (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH);—pl. sf. נִסְכֵּיהוֹן Ezr 7:17 (+ מִנְחָֽתְהוֹן, etc.).

### Jastrow 1903

נְסַךְ: to offer libation Pi. Hithpa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , esp. to offer a libation. Targ. Cant. IV, 15; a. e. as preced. Pi. Targ. Ex. XXX, 9; a. fr.—Sabb. 41ᵃ לא מְנַסְּכֵי they will not take the time to manipulate \&c., v. preced. as preced. Hithpa. Targ. Num. XXVIII, 7; a. e.—Ab. Zar. 71ᵇ קמא קמא אינ׳ ליה every drop as it comes out becomes forbidden.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְסַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.46/)

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בֵּ֠אדַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ נְפַ֣ל עַל־אַנְפּ֔וֹהִי וּלְדָנִיֵּ֖אל סְגִ֑ד וּמִנְחָה֙ וְנִ֣יחֹחִ֔ין אֲמַ֖ר לְנַסָּ֥כָה לֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then the king Nebuchadnezzar he.fell on face his and to Daniel he.paid.homage and offering and soothing.offerings he.said to offer.in.sacrifice to him

*JPS 1917:* Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odours unto him.

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[Ezra 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which \[is\].in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

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