H5158Hebrewnaḥal

נַחַל

brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

140
Total Occurrences
24
Books
140
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley
  • 2torrent
  • 3meaning dubious
  • 4torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)
  • 5shaft (of mine)
  • 6palm-tree

Etymology & Derivation

or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from H5157 (נָחַל) in its original sense;

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nachal; Pronunciation: nakh'-al