to pour
na.gar denotes being poured out or causing something to be poured out, from water and tears to stones cast into a valley.
The attested use centers on outflow or discharge: water is spilled on the ground, an eye pours forth without stopping, and waters are poured down a descent. In causative clauses, the action can describe putting children into the power of the sword or pouring Samaria's stones into the valley.
Senses in use
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Flowing or being poured out · dominant
Participial and perfect forms portray material or tears in outflow: in 2 Samuel 14:14 the APB renders water as “spilled on the ground,” in Lamentations 3:49 it renders the eye as pouring forth without ceasing, and in Micah 1:4 it compares the valleys' breaking up to waters “poured out in a descent.” Job 20:28 likewise presents the house's produce as “poured out” on the day of wrath.
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Causing something to be poured out or delivered over · common
Hiphil forms occur where an agent brings about the discharge or handing over of something. In Jeremiah 18:21 the APB renders the imperative clause “pour them out to the power of the sword,” while in Micah 1:6 it renders the first-person clause “I will pour her stones into the valley”; Ezekiel 35:5 places the action in delivering the sons of Israel into the hands of the sword.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause makes the contribution clear, the APB uses “spilled,” “poured out,” “pours forth,” or “pour... into the valley,” as in 2 Samuel 14:14, Lamentations 3:49, Micah 1:4, and Micah 1:6. Its wording in Psalm 63:11, Psalm 75:9, and Psalm 77:3 does not isolate this term's contribution.