to flow: flowing
zuv describes land characterized by milk and honey, bodily discharge, water issuing from rock, and flowing away.
The dominant attested use describes a land in the fixed clause about milk and honey. Other occurrences concern a person or woman with bodily discharge, waters issuing from a rock, and, more rarely, a flowing valley or people who flow away under famine.
Senses in use
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Land marked by milk and honey · dominant
The feminine singular construct participle modifies “land” in the recurring clause about milk and honey. In Exodus 3:8 the APB renders the destination as “a land flowing with milk and honey,” while Numbers 13:27 presents the land and its fruit in the scouts’ report.
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A person having bodily discharge · common
The masculine singular active participle identifies “the man with the discharge” in regulations concerning contact, washing, and uncleanness; this is visible in Leviticus 15:2 and Leviticus 15:11. In Leviticus 15:25, imperfect forms occur where a woman has or continues a discharge beyond her impurity.
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Waters issuing and moving onward · occasional
Plural Qal sequential imperfect forms occur when water emerges after a rock is opened or struck. In Psalm 105:41 the APB renders “waters flowed,” and Isaiah 48:21 likewise describes water from the split rock flowing.
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Flowing valley or flowing away · rare
In Jeremiah 49:4, a masculine singular active participle stands with “valley,” which the APB renders “O flowing valley.” In Lamentations 4:9, a third masculine plural imperfect describes those pierced by famine as they “flow away.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the land clause as “flowing with milk and honey,” and presents bodily cases as a “discharge.” For water it uses “flowed,” “gushed out,” and “overflowed”; These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.