--- title: נֶסֶךְ — drink-offering · The Tanakh dictionary description: נֶסֶךְ (5262), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 60 times: drink-offering. BDB 1906: n.m. drink-offering. 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/5262.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)‎ / נֶסֶךְ‎ # נֶסֶךְ «נֶסֶךְ» in the Tanakh 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. **Used:** 60 times · **Key:** 5262 · **BDB:** נֶ֫סֶךְ ### Glosses its.drink (16); their.drink (16); drink.offerings (9) ### Meaning (OSHB) drink-offering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5262/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. drink-offering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5262/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. drink-offering;—abs. נ׳ Gn 35:14 + 6 times; נֵ֫סֶךְ Ex 29:40; 30:9; Ez 45:17; נָ֑סֶךְ Nu 4:7; Jo 1:13; cstr. נֶסֶךְ Nu 28:7; sf. נִסְכִּי Is 48:5, etc.; pl. נְסָכִים Je 7:18 + 9 times; sf. נְסָכֶיהָ Nu 29:31, נִסְכֵּיכֶם v 39, etc.;— drink-offering, c. עַל (on Jacob’s מַצֵּבָה at Bethel) Gn 35:14 (E); elsewhere in worship of י׳ only P and related doc.; once of vessels of holy table קְשׂוֹת הַנָּ֑סֶךְ Nu 4:7; elsewhere in classifications Lv 23:37; Nu 29:39, usually offered with the עלה Ex 29:40; Lv 23:13, 18; Nu 15:5, 7, 10, 24; 28:7, 14, 31; 29:18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 37, especially עוֹלַת הַתָּמִיד 28:9, 10, 15, 24; 29:6, 11, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 38; מִנְחַת הַבֹּקֶר Ex 29:41; Nu 28:8; but sometimes also with (שׁלמים) זבח 6:15, 17; 15:15, 10; usually + מִנְחָה; elsewhere only 1 Ch 29:21; 2 Ch 29:35; Ez 45:17; מִנְחָה וָנ׳ Jo 1:9, 13; 2:14. Offered to other gods 2 K 6:13, 15; Is 57:6; Je 7:18; 19:13; 32:29; 44:17, 18, 19(×2), 25; Ez 20:28 ψ 16:4. molten images, Is 41:29; 48:5; Je 10:14; 51:17.—Combinations are: נָסַךְ נ׳, הִסִּיךְ נ׳ (see vb.); שָׁפַךְ נ׳ Is 57:6. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 56 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 «נֶסֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5262/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Numbers 28:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.28.10/) עֹלַ֥ת שַׁבַּ֖ת בְּשַׁבַּתּ֑וֹ עַל־עֹלַ֥ת הַתָּמִ֖יד וְנִסְכָּֽהּ׃ס *Word for word:* the.burnt.offering of.the.sabbath on sabbath its \[is\].to the.burnt.offering of.(the) continuity and its.drink offering *JPS 1917:* This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof. [Joel 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.9/) הָכְרַ֥ת מִנְחָ֛ה וָנֶ֖סֶךְ מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אָֽבְלוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ *Word for word:* it.has.been.cut.off grain.offering and drink.offering from the.house of.Yahweh they.are.in.mourning the priests \[who\].serve (of).Yahweh *JPS 1917:* The meal-offering and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests mourn, even the LORD'S ministers. - ← previous: [נָסַךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5259.md) - next →: [נֶסֶךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5b6_5e1_5b6_5da_5b0.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-3.md)