What does נָסַךְ · נֶסֶךְ mean in the Bible?
נָסַךְ · נֶסֶךְ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "pour drink offerings".
Hebrew · H5258, H5262
נָסַךְ נְסָכִים
To pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king · a libation ; also a cast idol
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נָסַךְ H5258 to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king
Pronunciation nāsaḵtî
Pouring out as sacred act—libations to God or molten casting—extends to royal anointing as covenant installation.
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נֶסֶךְ H5262 a libation ; also a cast idol
Pronunciation nesekĕ
Dual semantic split: libation (poured offering to God) versus molten idol (cast abomination)—antithetical religious practices
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What does נָסַךְ נְסָכִים (nasakh nesakhim) mean in the Bible?
נָסַךְ · נֶסֶךְ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "pour drink offerings".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5258, H5262?
H5258, H5262 is connected to 89 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. pour drink offerings
Source Gloss
pour drink offerings
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 11
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 6×
Perfect Isa 29:10 · Isa 40:19 · Isa 44:10 · Ps 2:6 4×
Imperfect Exod 30:9 · Hos 9:4 2×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 2×
Imperfect Exod 25:29 · Exod 37:16 2×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 2×
Infinitive absolute Num 28:7 1×
Imperfect Ps 16:4 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Perfect Prov 8:23 1×
Word Origins
נָסַךְ נְסָכִים is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain