to pour
na.takh describes outpouring, chiefly of rage, and also of silver, rain, milk, and melting in furnace scenes.
The dominant attested use concerns rage, anger, or a decreed end being poured out upon people or places. Other occurrences describe the pouring out of tangible material or liquid, while Ezekiel's furnace scenes use the verb in statements about being melted.
Senses in use
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Outpouring of rage or a decreed end · dominant
In 2 Chronicles 12:7, the Qal imperfect occurs in the announcement that wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem; in 2 Chronicles 34:21, the Niphal perfect stands in the report of rage already poured out on the people. Daniel 9:11 and Jeremiah 7:20 likewise place the action in pronouncements of an oath, anger, and wrath directed upon their recipients.
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Pouring out liquid or material · common
In 2 Chronicles 34:17 and 2 Kings 22:9, Hiphil forms occur when silver found in the house is given to overseers and workmen. Exodus 9:33 concerns rain no longer falling on the earth, while Job 10:10 compares the speaker's formation to milk and Job 3:24 compares roarings to water.
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Being melted in furnace imagery · occasional
Ezekiel 22:20 places infinitive forms in a comparison involving a furnace and melting. The Niphal sequential perfect in Ezekiel 22:21 and the Hophal imperfect in Ezekiel 22:22 occur where those gathered in the furnace are said by the APB to be melted in its midst.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant clauses with forms of “poured out,” including contexts of rage, silver, rain, and milk; in Ezekiel's furnace scenes it also uses “melted.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings do not isolate each Hebrew token word-for-word.