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# נְסַךְ

Biblical Aramaic

**drink-offering** — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

drink-offering [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נְסַךְ²: drink-offering [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] drink-offering (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH);—pl. sf. נִסְכֵּיהוֹן Ezr 7:17 (+ מִנְחָֽתְהוֹן, etc.).

### Jastrow 1903

נְסַךְ: to offer libation Pi. Hithpa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , esp. to offer a libation. Targ. Cant. IV, 15; a. e. as preced. Pi. Targ. Ex. XXX, 9; a. fr.—Sabb. 41ᵃ לא מְנַסְּכֵי they will not take the time to manipulate &c., v. preced. as preced. Hithpa. Targ. Num. XXVIII, 7; a. e.—Ab. Zar. 71ᵇ קמא קמא אינ׳ ליה every drop as it comes out becomes forbidden.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: offer in sacrifice (1); their drink (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:46](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.46/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.46/#tree)

בֵּ֠אדַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ נְפַ֣ל עַל־אַנְפּ֔וֹהִי וּלְדָנִיֵּ֖אל סְגִ֑ד וּמִנְחָה֙ וְנִ֣יחֹחִ֔ין אֲמַ֖ר לְנַסָּ֥כָה לֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then the king Nebuchadnezzar he.fell on face his and to Daniel he.paid.homage and offering and soothing.offerings he.said to offer.in.sacrifice to him

*JPS 1917:* Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odours unto him.

[Ezra 7:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/#tree)

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which \[is\].in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e1_5b7_5da_5b0/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).