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# נָזָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5137

**spurt** — used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

spurt [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5137/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָזָה: vb. spurt, spatter Hiph. sprinkle Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5137/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spurt, spatter, Hiph. sprinkle (NH Hiph. sprinkle; Aramaic נְדָא, אַדֵּי Lv 4:6 and often, for הִזָּה; Syriac ܢܕܳܐ is erupit, stillavit Is 63:3, also prominuit, etc. PS2291);— Impf. 3 ms. יִזֶּה Lv 6:20(×2), וְיֵז Is 63:3 (but read; וַיֵּז Che Di Du Ges§ 53, p. N., 107 b N. al.), וַיִּז 2 K 9:33;—spurt, spatter, always of blood:—וַיִּן מִדָּמָהּ אֶל־ 2 K 9:33 and some of her blood spurted against the wall; so ויז נִצְחָם Is 63:3 (c. עַל־ rei, in metaph.); יִזֶּה מִדָּמָה Lv 6:20, cf. v 20 (both c. עַל־ rei). Pf. 3 ms. וְהִזָּה consec. Lv 4:6 + 12 times; 2 ms. וְהִזֵּיתָ֫ Ex 29:21; Impf. יַזֶּה Lv 16:14 (Is 52:15, v. infr.); וַיַּז Lv 8:11, 30; Imv. הַזֵּה Nu 8:7; Pt. cstr. מַזֵּה Nu 19:21;—cause to spurt, sprinkle upon in ceremonials of P: c. acc. + עַל־ pers. Nu 8:7 (water), + עַל־ rei, לִפְנֵי rei Lv 16:15; obj. often מִן partit., or implied in context; sq. עַל־ Lv 5:9; 14:7; 16:14, 19 (all of blood); 8:11 (oil); Nu 19:18, 19 (water), Ex 29:21; Lv 8:30 (both blood and oil); sq. אֶל־ Lv 14:51 (blood and water), אֶל־נֹכַח פְּנֵי Nu 19:4 (blood); sq. לִפְנֵי Lv 4:6, 17; 16:14 (blood), 14:16, 27 (oil); once without prep. מַזֵּה Nu 19:21 the sprinkler of the water.—Is 52:15 v. II. נזה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he will spatter (10); he will spatter \[it\] (6); it spattered (2).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 4:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.17/#tree)

וְטָבַ֧ל הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶצְבָּע֖וֹ מִן־הַדָּ֑ם וְהִזָּ֞ה שֶׁ֤בַע פְּעָמִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֖ת פְּנֵ֥י הַפָּרֹֽכֶת׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.dip the priest finger his some.of the blood and he.will.spatter.\[it\] seven times before Yahweh with the.face of the.curtain

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil.

[Leviticus 16:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.19/#tree)

וְהִזָּ֨ה עָלָ֧יו מִן־הַדָּ֛ם בְּאֶצְבָּע֖וֹ שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְטִהֲר֣וֹ וְקִדְּשׁ֔וֹ מִטֻּמְאֹ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.spatter on it some.of the blood with finger his seven times and he will.purify.it and he will.set.it.apart.as.holy from the.uncleanness(es) of.the.people of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5137.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5137/): 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).