נָסַךְ nâçak — to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal)
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
Infinitive absolute 6Wayyiqtol 4Infinitive construct 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
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.
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.
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.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 4Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Infinitive construct 1
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
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.
Hoph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
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.
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.
Pi'el
Wayyiqtol 1
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,
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
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 ›
