--- title: נָסַךְ — pour out · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָסַךְ (5258), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: pour out. BDB 1906: vb. pour out Hop. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5258.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-3.md)‎ / נָסַךְ‎ # נָסַךְ «נָסַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pour out** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 5258 · **BDB:** נָסַךְ ### Glosses he.poured.out (4); pour.out (3); they.poured.out (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) pour out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5258/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. pour out Hop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5258/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. pour out (NH id., pour, cast (metals, Pi. make libation; Ph. נסך cast gold or iron Lzb323f.; 𝔗 נְסַךְ make libation; Syriac ܢܣܰܟ pour out; Arabic نَسَكَ, orig. be-pour, water NöZMG xli (1887), 719 (rare), usually worship Lane3032 (cf. RSSem. i. 213; 2d ed. 229), i.e. pour out blood of victim, pour out wine WeHeid. 2, 114, 118, 142);— Pf. 3 ms. נָסַךְ Is 29:10; 40:19; נָסָ֑ךְ 44:10; Impf. 3 mpl. יִסְּכוּ. Ho 9:4; 2 ms. תִּסְּכוּ Ex 30:9; Inf. לִנְסֹךְ Is 30:1; v. ii. נסך for Is 25:7;— pour out (the spirit of deep sleep) c. על pers. Is 29:10. pour out libations, c. acc. נֶסֶךְ Ex 30:9 (P); מַסֵּכָה Is 30:1; יַיִן Ho 9:4. cast metal images, c. acc. פֶּסֶל Is 40:19; 44:10. Impf. יְנַסֵּךְ 1 Ch 11:18 pour out as libation, c. acc. מַיִם + ליהוה (= 2 S 23:16 Hiph.). Pf. 3 mpl. הִסִּכוּ Je 32:39; Impf. 3 ms. וַיַּסֵּךְ Gn 35:14 + 2 times; 1 s. אַסִּיךְ ψ 16:4; 3 mpl. וַיַסִּיכוּ Ez 20:28; Imv. הַסֵּךְ Nu 28:7; Inf. abs. הַסֵּיךְ Je 44:17; הַסֵּךְ Je 7:18 + 3 times; cstr. לְהַסֵּךְ Je 44:19, 25 (Köi. 309);—pour out libations, c. acc. נֶסֶךְ Gn 35:14 (E), 2 K 16:13; Nu 28:7 (P), מַיִם 2 S 23:16 ליהוה; elsewhere, נְסָכִים to other gods Je 7:18; 19:13; 32:29; 44:17, 18, 19(×2), 25, 19 Ez 20:28 ψ 16:4. Hop. Impf. 3 ms. יֻסַּךְ be poured out, Ex 25:29; 37:16, of holy wine, c. בְ of vessels. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָסַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5258/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 8:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.23/) מֵ֭עוֹלָם נִסַּ֥כְתִּי מֵרֹ֗אשׁ מִקַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ *Word for word:* from long.ago I.was.installed from.\[the\] beginning from.\[the\] beginnings of.\[the\].earth *JPS 1917:* I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. [Isaiah 44:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.10/) מִֽי־יָצַ֥ר אֵ֖ל וּפֶ֣סֶל נָסָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הוֹעִֽיל׃ *Word for word:* who? has.he.formed a.god and an.idol has.he.cast? to not to.confer.profit *JPS 1917:* Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing? - ← previous: [נָסִיךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e1_5b4_5d9_5da_5b0.md) - next →: [נָסַךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5259.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-3.md)