Drink offering
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The drink offering was a form of libation
forming one of the sacrifices and offerings of the Law of Moses.
nesek is formed from the Qal
form of the verb
nasak, "to pour," hence "thing poured." The verb and the noun frequently come together, such as nasak et-nesek, literally "pour the thing poured" as in the only pre-Exodus use, that of Jacob's libation at a pillar in Genesis 35:14. The etymology "thing poured" explains the existence of the rarer secondary use of the verb nasak for "cast" (an idol), and the noun nesek for a "thing poured" (also an idol).
Libation
A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a god or spirit or in memory of those who have died. It was common in many religions of antiquity and continues to be offered in various cultures today....
forming one of the sacrifices and offerings of the Law of Moses.
Etymology
The Hebrew nounNoun
In linguistics, a noun is a member of a large, open lexical category whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition .Lexical categories are defined in terms of how their members combine with other kinds of...
nesek is formed from the Qal
Qal
Qal can refer to:* Gal, Azerbaijan* Qal , simple form of a Hebrew verb...
form of the verb
Verb
A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word that in syntax conveys an action , or a state of being . In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive...
nasak, "to pour," hence "thing poured." The verb and the noun frequently come together, such as nasak et-nesek, literally "pour the thing poured" as in the only pre-Exodus use, that of Jacob's libation at a pillar in Genesis 35:14. The etymology "thing poured" explains the existence of the rarer secondary use of the verb nasak for "cast" (an idol), and the noun nesek for a "thing poured" (also an idol).