نَفَقَةٌ ( nafaqatun ) household outlay (Aramaic loan-word Schwally ^ZMG lii (1898),

¹³³) ) ;— Pe. Pf. 3 ms. נ׳ Dn 2:14 he went out , c. inf .; 3 fs. נֶפְקַת v 13 decree went

forth ( cf. Lu 2: 1); 3 mpl. נפקו 5:5 Kt ( Qr 3 fpl. נְפַ֫קָה ^{, K§ 23, 2}) fingers came forth;

c. מִן loc .: Imv. mpl. פֻּקוּ ^{(K§ 42) 3:26} come forth! Pt. pl. נָֽפְקִין v 26 (both of men);

sg. נָפֵק 7:10 ( = flow out ). Haph. bring forth , acc. rei + מִן loc .: Pf. 3 ms. הַנְפֵּק

Ezr 5:14 ^(×2); 6:5 Dn 5: 2; 3 mpl. הַנְפִּ֫קוּ v 3 (so Egyptian Aramaic S-C Pap.D 15, 17 + ).

• [ נִפְקָה S 5313 TWOT 2868a ] n.f. outlay ;—emph. נִפְקְתָא Ezr 6: 4, 8 .

• [ נִצְבָּה S 5326 TWOT 2869 ] n.f. firmness ( ^v. BH נצב ) ^;—emph. נִצְבְּתָא Dn 2:41 .

^•[נְצַל S 5338 TWOT 2871 ] vb. Haph. rescue, deliver ⁽v. BH Egyptian Aramaic

הנצל take away , S-C C 10, D 18 ) ;—of God, abs. : Pt. act. מַצִּל Dn 6:2 8, Inf. .

לְהַצָּלָה 3:2 9; of man, sf. pers. לְהַצָּלוּתֵהּ 6:1 5.

• נְקֵא S 5343 TWOT 2872 adj. clean, pure ( ^v. BH נקה ) ^;—כַּעֲמַר נ׳ Dn 7:9 like

pure wool .

^•[נְקַשׁ S 5368 TWOT 2873 ] vb. knock ⁽v. BH (rare) ^);—Pe. Pt. act. fpl. נָֽקְשָׁן Dn

5:6 of knees knocking דָּא לְדָא ^.

Schwally F. Schwally.

^•[נְצַח S 5330 TWOT 2870 ] vb. Hithpa. distinguish oneself ⁽v. BH I. נצח ⁾;— Pt. מִתְנַצַּח Dn 6: 4, עַל pers.