Hebrew verb · H5137
נָזָה
nazahnaw-zaw'
to sprinkle; to spring
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâzâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5137is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5137
to spirt, i.e. besprinkle (especially in expiation)
The King James renders it: sprinkle.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nazah is rendered "to sprinkle; to spring". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to sprinkle".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 29:21And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.
Exodus 29:21וְהִזֵּיתָ֤
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifteen of the word's twenty-four uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to sprinkle, and to spring.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to sprinkleStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 29:21And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron… |
| to springStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he will spatter13
- he will spatter3
- and he spattered2
- and it spattered2
- and spatters1
- and you will spatter1
- he will startle1
- spatter1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְהִזָּ֨ה3
- וְהִזָּ֞ה3
- וְהִזָּ֤ה3
- וְהִזָּ֥ה2
- הַזֵּ֥ה1
- וְהִזָּ֗ה1
- וְהִזָּ֧ה1
- וְהִזֵּיתָ֤1
- וְיֵ֤ז1
- וַיִּ֨ז1
- וַיַּ֥ז1
- וַיַּ֤ז1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vhq3ms13Hc/Vhq3ms
- Hc/Vhw3ms2Hc/Vhw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vhq2ms1Hc/Vhq2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Vhrmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Vqj3ms
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhv2ms
Exodus
one use
And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.
- וְהִזֵּיתָ֤vehizeitaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will spatter
Leviticus
fifteen uses
The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
- וְהִזָּ֨הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.
- וְהִזָּ֞הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
- וְהִזָּ֞הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.
- יִזֶּ֤הyizehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will spatter
- יִזֶּ֣הyizehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will spatter
He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
- וַיַּ֥זvaiyazHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he spattered
Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
- וַיַּ֤זvaiyazHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he spattered
Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.
- וְהִזָּ֗הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
- וְהִזָּ֨הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.
- וְהִזָּ֤הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
- וְהִזָּ֥הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.
- וְהִזָּ֧הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
- יַזֶּ֧הyazehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will spatter
Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
- וְהִזָּ֥הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
- וְהִזָּ֨הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
Numbers
five uses
This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
- הַזֵּ֥הhazehverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: spatter
Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.
- וְהִזָּ֞הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
- וְהִזָּ֤הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.
- וְהִזָּ֤הvehizahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will spatter
This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
- וּמַזֵּ֤הumazehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and spatters
2 Kings
one use
“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
- וַיִּ֨זvaiyizHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it spattered
Isaiah
two uses
so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
- יַזֶּה֙yazehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will startle
“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- וְיֵ֤זveyezconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and it spattered
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.