nachal: brook Original Word: נַ֫חַל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: nachal
Phonetic Spelling: (nakh'-al)
Short Definition: brook
I. נַ֫חַל noun masculine2Kings 3:16 torrent, torrent-valley, wady (Ecclus 40:13; 40:16; Late Hebrew id., stream (rare); ᵑ7 נַחְלָא  , = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian na—lu = Biblical Hebrew; LagBN 140 Anm. thinks Νεῖλος may be from Νεέλ = נַחַל pronounced *נִהִל; on ׳נ in Sabean proper name, of a location, see HalRev. Sémit. Iv (1896), 80, 1, 14); — absolute ׳נ Genesis 32:24 +, נַ֫חְלָה Psalm 124:4; construct נַחַל Genesis 26:17 +; with ה locative, Genesis 34:5 so read also Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28 (where ᵑ0 נַחֲלָ֫ה; see Thes); dual נַחֲלַיִם Ezekiel 47:9, but read הַנַּחַל ᵐ5. ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Co Berthol; plural נְחָלִים Numbers 21:4 +; נַחֲלֵי Deuteronomy 8:7 +; suffix נְחֶלֶיהָ Isaiah 34:9; — 1 torrent, of rushing water in narrow channel Judges 5:21 (3 t. in verse); Judges 4:7,13; Psalm 83:10 (all of קִישֹׁן, q. v.); mountain torrent Deuteronomy 9:21 (compare Exodus 32:20); so Amos 5:24 (simile of righteousness); הַשּׁוֺטֵף ׳הַנּ2Chronicles 32:4 ("" מַעְיָנוֺת); לְזֶפֶת ׳נֶהְמְּכוּ נ Isaiah 34:9; simile of tears Lamentations 2:18; hyperb.שָֿׁ֑מֶן׳נ Micah 6:7 torrents of oil, compare of honey and curd Job 20:17 ("" מְּלַגּוֺת, נְהָרִים); figurativeבְלִיַּעַל ׳נ 2 Samuel 22:5 torrents of worthlessness ("" מִשְׁבְּרֵי מָ֫וֶת), = Psalm 18:5; שׁוֺטֵף ׳נ simile of glory of nations Isaiah 66:12, figurative of invaders Jeremiah 47:2 ("" מַיִס), or foes Psalm 124:4 (נַ֫חְלָה, see above); 1 Kings 17:4,6 (for drinking), drying up in summer 1 Kings 17:7 (יָבֵשׁ; all of Elijah's stream כְּרִית, q. v.); for drinking also Psalm 110:7, and (figurative) עֲדָנֶיךָ ׳נ Psalm 36:9; Job 6:15 (twice in verse) (אֲפִיק נְחָלִים; in simile); of water bursting from rock Psalm 78:20 (שָׁטַף, "" מַיִם), compare Psalm 74:15 (+ מַעְיָן); figurative of מְקוֺר חָכְמָה Proverbs 18:4 (נֹבֵּעַ ׳נ; "" מַיִם עֲמֻקִים); more Generally = stream, brook, river (chiefly late) Isaiah 11:15 (divisions of river, נָהָר) in desert Isaiah 35:6 ("" מַיִם), Jeremiah 31:9 (נַחֲלֵי מַיִם), Ezekiel 47:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:9 b (all strike out Co), Ezekiel 47:6; Ezekiel 47:7; Ezekiel 47:9a (readהַנַּחַל, see above), Ezekiel 47:12; containing fish, etc. Leviticus 11:9,10 ("" מַיִם, יַמִּים), Ecclesiastes 1:7 (twice in verse); figurative ׳רוּחַ י, Isaiah 30:28 (שׁוֺטֵף ׳נ, Isaiah 30:33 (גָּפְרִית ׳נ). 2 Torrent-valley, wady, as stream-bed 1 Samuel 17:40; Nehemiah 2:15; Isaiah 57:6; with torrent flowing through it, אֵיתָן ׳נ Deuteronomy 21:4 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:6, אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מַיִם Deuteronomy 8:7 ("" עֲיָנֹת וּתְהֹמֹת יֹּצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה), compare Deuteronomy 10:7, 1 Kings 18:5 ("" מַעְיְנֵי הַמַיִם), Psalm 104:10; abode of Elijah 1 Kings 17:3,5 (compare 1 Kings 17:4; 1 Kings 17:6; 1 Kings 17:7 above); ׳עֹרְבֵי נ Proverbs 30:17 (compare 1 Kings 17:4,6); הַבַּתּוֺת ׳נ Isaiah 7:19 as home of bees; fertile, אֶשְׁכֹּל ׳נ Numbers 13:23,24 (E); ׳אִבֵּי הַנּ Songs 6:11; ׳עַרְבֵינֿ poplars of the wady Leviticus 23:40 (H), Job 40:22; עֲרָבִים ׳נ Isaiah 15:7; needing water Genesis 26:17 (גְּרָר ׳נ), Genesis 26:19 (J), compare 2 Kings 3:16,17; place for refuse, ruins, etc. 2 Samuel 17:13; in poetry also as wild, remote ravine Job 30:6, compare בְּצוּר הַנְּחָלִים Job 22:24; place of child-sacrifice Isaiah 57:5; burial-place Job 21:33 (׳רִגְבֵי נ), — Numbers 24:6 see II. נַ֫חַל. Particular wadys designate localities: אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:14 (E), Deuteronomy 2:24,36 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 3:8,12,16 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 12:1,2(twice in verse); Joshua 13:9 (twice in verse) (all D), Joshua 13:16; Joshua 13:16 (P), 2 Kings 10:33; אֶשְׁכֹּל Numbers 32:9 (J), Deuteronomy 1:24 בְּשׂוֺר 1 Samuel 30:9,10,21; גָּד 2 Samuel 24:5; זֶרֶד Numbers 21:12 (E), Deuteronomy 2:13 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:14; יַכֹּק Genesis 32:24 (J), Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2 (all D); קִדְרוֺן 2 Samuel 15:23; 1 Kings 2:37; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 18:40; 1Ki 23:6 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 23:12; 2Chronicles 15:16; 29:16; 30:14; Jeremiah 31:40; קָנָה Joshua 16:8; Joshua 17:9 (3 t. in verse) (all P); שׂוֺרֵק Judges 16:4; הַשִּׁטִּים ׳נ Joel 4:18; ׳נ מִצְרַיִם is southwest limit of Palestine (Assyrian na—al [mat] Muƒri, Dl Par. 310 SchrCOT Numbers 34:5) Numbers 34:5 (P), Joshua 15:4 (D), Joshua 15:47 (P), 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7,2; Chron 2 Kings 7:8; Isaiah 27:12, + (omit מצרים) Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28 (see above); so read also possibly Amos 6:14 (see עֲרָבָה: usually identified with Wâdy el-Arîsh; on Wkl's different view, see references below מִצְרַיִם near the end); on identification of ׳נ Joshua 15:7; Joshua 19:11 (both P), 2 Samuel 23:30 = 1 Chronicles 11:32; 2Chronicles 20:16; 33:14, see Commentaries; אָשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים Numbers 21:15, see אֶשֶׁד. 3 Miner's shaft, ׳מָּרַץ נ Job 28:4. II. [נַ֫חַל] noun [masculine] perhaps palm-tree (Arabic  , noun of individual meaning  ; see PerlesJQ, July, 1899, 688); — only plural absolute, כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּ֑יוּ Numbers 24:6 like palm-trees, which are stretched out, spread out (as to foliage). So Perlesl.c, who compares כערבי נחל Ecclus 50:12e, ᵐ5 ὡς στελέχη φοινικων.
brook, flood, river, stream, valley Or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}; or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley. see HEBREW nachal
yan·ḥîl — 3 Occ.
yan·ḥî·lə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
yan·ḥi·lêm — 1 Occ.
yan·ḥi·len·nāh — 1 Occ.
yin·ḥal- — 2 Occ.
yin·ḥă·lū — 7 Occ.
yin·ḥā·lū·hā — 1 Occ.
yin·ḥā·lūm — 1 Occ.
ban·nā·ḥal — 5 Occ.
ban·nə·ḥā·lîm — 2 Occ.
bə·na·ḥă·lê — 1 Occ.
ḵan·na·ḥal — 1 Occ.
han·nā·ḥal — 22 Occ.
han·nə·ḥā·lîm — 4 Occ.
kə·na·ḥal — 3 Occ.
kin·ḥā·lîm — 1 Occ.
lan·nā·ḥal — 3 Occ.
lə·na·ḥal- — 3 Occ.
mê·han·na·ḥal — 1 Occ.
min·na·ḥal — 4 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 5158
141 Occurrences
ban·nā·ḥal — 5 Occ.
ban·nə·ḥā·lîm — 2 Occ.
bə·na·ḥal- — 11 Occ.
bə·na·ḥă·lê — 1 Occ.
ḵan·na·ḥal — 1 Occ.
han·nā·ḥal — 22 Occ.
han·nə·ḥā·lîm — 4 Occ.
kə·na·ḥal — 3 Occ.
kin·ḥā·lîm — 1 Occ.
lan·nā·ḥal — 3 Occ.
lə·na·ḥal- — 3 Occ.
mê·han·na·ḥal — 1 Occ.
min·na·ḥal — 4 Occ.
min·na·ḥă·lê — 2 Occ.
nā·ḥal — 50 Occ.
na·ḥă·lāh — 2 Occ.
na·ḥă·la·yim — 1 Occ.
na·ḥă·lê — 6 Occ.
naḥ·lāh — 2 Occ.
nə·ḥā·le·hā — 1 Occ.
nə·ḥā·lîm — 4 Occ.
še·han·nə·ḥā·lîm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·na·ḥal — 1 Occ.
ū·nə·ḥā·lîm — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇan·nə·ḥā·lîm — 2 Occ.
wā·nā·ḥal — 1 Occ.
ḇan·nā·ḥal — 2 Occ.
wə·han·na·ḥal — 1 Occ.
wə·na·ḥal — 1 Occ.
wə·na·ḥă·lê — 1 Occ.
Genesis 26:17
BIB: יִצְחָ֑ק וַיִּ֥חַן בְּנַֽחַל־ גְּרָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
NAS: and camped in the valley of Gerar,
KJV: thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar,
INT: and Isaac and camped the valley of Gerar and settledGenesis 26:19
BIB: עַבְדֵֽי־ יִצְחָ֖ק בַּנָּ֑חַל וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־ שָׁ֔ם
NAS: dug in the valley and found
KJV: digged in the valley, and found
INT: servants Isaac's the valley and found there Genesis 32:23
BIB: וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם אֶת־ הַנָּ֑חַל וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר אֶת־
NAS: them across the stream. And he sent across
KJV: and sent them over the brook, and sent over
INT: took and sent the stream across whatever Leviticus 11:9
BIB: בַּמַּ֗יִם בַּיַּמִּ֛ים וּבַנְּחָלִ֖ים אֹתָ֥ם תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
NAS: in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
KJV: in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
INT: the water the seas the rivers may eat Leviticus 11:10
BIB: וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת בַּיַּמִּים֙ וּבַנְּחָלִ֔ים מִכֹּל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ
NAS: is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have
KJV: in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move
INT: and scales the seas the rivers all the teeming Leviticus 23:40
BIB: עָבֹ֖ת וְעַרְבֵי־ נָ֑חַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם לִפְנֵ֛י
NAS: and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice
KJV: and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice
INT: of leafy and willows of the brook shall rejoice before Numbers 13:23
BIB: וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עַד־ נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ
NAS: Then they came to the valley of Eshcol
KJV: And they came unto the brook of Eshcol,
INT: came against to the valley of Eshcol cut Numbers 13:24
BIB: הַה֔וּא קָרָ֖א נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹל עַ֚ל
NAS: was called the valley of Eshcol,
KJV: was called the brook Eshcol,
INT: he was called the valley of Eshcol because Numbers 21:12
BIB: נָסָ֑עוּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּנַ֥חַל זָֽרֶד׃
NAS: they set out and camped in Wadi Zered.
KJV: and pitched in the valley of Zared.
INT: set and camped Wadi Zered Numbers 21:14
BIB: בְּסוּפָ֔ה וְאֶת־ הַנְּחָלִ֖ים אַרְנֽוֹן׃
NAS: in Suphah, And the wadis of the Arnon,
KJV: in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
INT: Waheb Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon Numbers 21:15
BIB: וְאֶ֙שֶׁד֙ הַנְּחָלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָטָ֖ה
NAS: And the slope of the wadis That extends
KJV: And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down
INT: and the slope of the wadis that extends Numbers 24:6
BIB: כִּנְחָלִ֣ים נִטָּ֔יוּ כְּגַנֹּ֖ת
NAS: Like valleys that stretch
KJV: As the valleys are they spread forth,
INT: valleys stretch gardens Numbers 32:9
BIB: וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ עַד־ נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכּ֗וֹל וַיִּרְאוּ֙
NAS: For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol
KJV: For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol,
INT: went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw Numbers 34:5
BIB: הַגְּב֛וּל מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן נַ֣חְלָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָי֥וּ
NAS: [direction] from Azmon to the brook of Egypt,
KJV: from Azmon unto the river of Egypt,
INT: the border Azmon to the brook of Egypt become Deuteronomy 1:24
BIB: וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ עַד־ נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכֹּ֑ל וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ
NAS: and came to the valley of Eshcol
KJV: and came unto the valley of Eshcol,
INT: and came against to the valley of Eshcol and spied Deuteronomy 2:13
BIB: לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־ נַ֣חַל זָ֑רֶד וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ר
NAS: over the brook Zered
KJV: [said I], and get you over the brook Zered.
INT: arise and cross the brook Zered over Deuteronomy 2:13
BIB: וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־ נַ֥חַל זָֽרֶד׃
NAS: yourselves.' So we crossed over the brook Zered.
KJV: And we went over the brook Zered.
INT: Zered over the brook Zered Deuteronomy 2:14
BIB: עָבַ֙רְנוּ֙ אֶת־ נַ֣חַל זֶ֔רֶד שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים
NAS: we crossed over the brook Zered
KJV: until we were come over the brook Zered,
INT: after crossed the brook Zered thirty Deuteronomy 2:24
BIB: וְעִבְרוּ֮ אֶת־ נַ֣חַל אַרְנֹן֒ רְאֵ֣ה
NAS: out, and pass through the valley of Arnon.
KJV: and pass over the river Arnon:
INT: set and pass the valley of Arnon Look Deuteronomy 2:36
BIB: עַל־ שְׂפַת־ נַ֨חַל אַרְנֹ֜ן וְהָעִ֨יר
NAS: is on the edge of the valley of Arnon
KJV: which [is] by the brink of the river of Arnon,
INT: is on the edge of the valley of Arnon and the city Deuteronomy 2:36
BIB: וְהָעִ֨יר אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּנַּ֙חַל֙ וְעַד־ הַגִּלְעָ֔ד
NAS: which is in the valley, even to Gilead,
KJV: and [from] the city that [is] by the river, even unto Gilead,
INT: and the city which the valley even to Gilead Deuteronomy 2:37
BIB: כָּל־ יַ֞ד נַ֤חַל יַבֹּק֙ וְעָרֵ֣י
NAS: along the river Jabbok
KJV: not, [nor] unto any place of the river Jabbok,
INT: all along the river Jabbok and the cities Deuteronomy 3:8
BIB: בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִנַּ֥חַל אַרְנֹ֖ן עַד־
NAS: the Jordan, from the valley of Arnon
KJV: Jordan, from the river of Arnon
INT: were beyond the Jordan the valley of Arnon against Deuteronomy 3:12
BIB: אֲשֶׁר־ עַל־ נַ֣חַל אַרְנֹ֗ן וַחֲצִ֤י
NAS: which is by the valley of Arnon,
KJV: from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon,
INT: which is by the valley of Arnon and half Deuteronomy 3:16
BIB: הַגִּלְעָד֙ וְעַד־ נַ֣חַל אַרְנֹ֔ן תּ֥וֹךְ
NAS: even as far as the valley of Arnon,
KJV: from Gilead even unto the river Arnon
INT: Gilead far as the valley of Arnon the middle 141 Occurrences
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