נָזַל

Exodus 15:8 נֹזְלִ֑ים streams

At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Here: A participle, literally 'the things that flow'. It is a poetic name for running water. The irony is the point: the 'flowing ones' have stopped flowing and stand still.

Numbers 24:7 יִֽזַּל־ it will flow

Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

Here: Water runs or streams over. The verb is intransitive: the water is what flows, not 'he pours'. It is the same root as the 'streams' God brings from the rock (Psalm 78:16), so it hints at water given as a gift in dry country.

Deuteronomy 32:2 תִּזַּ֥ל may it distil

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Here: Used of streams and running water (Exod 15:8; Ps 147:18) and of fragrance spreading (Song 4:16). Of dew it pictures moisture forming and running down quietly. It is feminine, agreeing with 'my word'.

Judges 5:5 נָזְל֖וּ they flowed

The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

Job 36:28 יִזְּל֥וּ they flow

which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.

Psalm 78:16 נוֹזְלִ֣ים streams

He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

Psalm 78:44 וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם and streams their

He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.

Psalm 147:18 יִזְּלוּ־ they flow

He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

Here: 'They flow.' The word is used of liquid running or streaming downward, which suits meltwater coming off the hills. No 'and' joins it to the previous clause, so the flow follows the wind at once.

Proverbs 5:15 וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים and streams

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Here: A verb form meaning 'things that flow', used here as a noun: streams, running water. 'Water' carries over from the first line. The word is poetic and has a feeling of freshness and abundance. The same word describes the bride as 'streams flowing from Lebanon' in Song 4:15.

Song of Songs 4:15 וְנֹזְלִ֖ים and flowing

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

Song of Songs 4:16 יִזְּל֣וּ let them flow

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.

Here: 'Let them flow': a verb for running water, used one verse earlier for the streams 'flowing' from Lebanon (4:15). The scent is pictured as pouring out like water. Set side by side with the command, it expresses the purpose: blow, so that the spices flow.

Isaiah 44:3 וְנֹזְלִ֖ים and streams

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

Here: A participle, "things that flow." It means running water or torrents, not a trickle. The same word is used for the waters God made flow from the rock in the wilderness (Ps 78:16; Isa 48:21).

Isaiah 45:8 יִזְּלוּ־ let them flow

Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

Here: 'Let them stream down.' A stronger flow than 'trickle', used of running water and streams. The poem builds from drip to downpour.

Isaiah 48:21 הִזִּ֣יל he caused to flow

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

Here: 'He made [it] flow.' The base verb describes streams running or dew and rain trickling down. This causative form occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible. God is the one who sets the water running.

Jeremiah 9:18 יִזְּלוּ־ they may flow

Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

Jeremiah 18:14 נוֹזְלִֽים׃ flowing

Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?

Here: The form describes water that keeps flowing. The same word appears in Song of Songs 4:15, 'flowing streams from Lebanon', so it was a stock picture of the snow-fed streams that never stop.