נָתַךְ nâthak — to flow forth (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as drop, gather, melt, pour (forth, out).
a primitive root; to flow forth (literally or figuratively); by implication, to liquify.
nâthak in each stem
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Participle (passive) 1
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Wayyiqtol 3
And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 1Wayyiqtol 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Infinitive construct 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord.
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Hoph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.
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 ›