נַחַלnachal

נַ֫חַל: torrent, torrent-valley, wady

Pronunciation: nakh'-al · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5158

Meanings

1. torrent (Judges 5:21; Judges 4:7; Judges 4:13)

2. Torrent-valley, wady (1 Samuel 17:40; Nehemiah 2:15; Isaiah 57:6)

3. Miner's shaft (Job 28:4)

נַ֫חַל: perhaps palm-tree (Numbers 24:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 141 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 26:17 So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.
  • Genesis 26:19 Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
  • Genesis 32:23 After taking them to the other side, he sent over all his possessions.
  • Leviticus 11:9 “Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams.
  • Leviticus 11:10 But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.
  • Leviticus 23:40 On the first day gather branches from magnificent trees—palm fronds, boughs from leafy trees, and willows that grow by the streams. Then celebrate with joy before the Lord your God for seven days.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).