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נָסַךְ nâçak — to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal)

pronounced naw-sak' · Strong's H5258 · 25 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 5 stems: Hiph'il, Qal (Pa'al), Hoph'al, Pi'el, Niph'al

Translated in the KJV as cover, melt, offer, pour, set.

a primitive root; to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king.

nâçak in each stem

Hiph'il 14×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Infinitive absolute 6Wayyiqtol 4Infinitive construct 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1

וַיַּסֵּ֤ךְ Gen 35:14 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. (KJV)

הַסֵּ֛ךְ Num 28:7 Infinitive absolute

And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a drink offering. (KJV)

וַיַּסֵּ֥ךְ 2Sam 23:16 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 4Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Infinitive construct 1

תִסְּכ֖וּ Exod 30:9 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. (KJV)

נָסַ֣כְתִּי Ps 2:6 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (KJV)

נָסַ֨ךְ Isa 29:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. (KJV)

Hoph'al

Causative · passive — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 2

יֻסַּ֖ךְ Exod 25:29 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. (KJV)

יֻסַּ֖ךְ Exod 37:16 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. (KJV)

Pi'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1

וַיְנַסֵּ֥ךְ 1Chr 11:18 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, (KJV)

Niph'al

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

נִסַּ֥כְתִּי Prov 8:23 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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