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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5158

נַחַל

nachalnakh'-al

torrent: river; palm-tree; Brook; (Eshcol) Valley; (Shittim) Valley; (Sorek) Valley; Brook; Brook; Brook; torrent: valley

141 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5158is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 76
    spellings
  • 10
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5158

a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

The King James renders it: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

nachal is rendered "torrent: river; palm-tree; Brook; (Eshcol) Valley; (Shittim) Valley; (Sorek) Valley; Brook; Brook; Brook; torrent: valley". It stands 141 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-five books.

  • Twenty of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists ten meanings for it, beginning with "torrent: river".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 26:17So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
  • The Greek text spells it seventy-six different ways.

The first use

So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

Genesis 26:17בְּנַֽחַל־

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries ten meanings: torrent: river, and palm-tree, and Brook, and (Eshcol) Valley, and (Shittim) Valley, and (Sorek) Valley, and Brook, and Brook, and Brook, and torrent: valley.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
torrent: riverStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 26:17So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
palm-treeStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
BrookStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
(Eshcol) ValleyStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
(Shittim) ValleyStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
(Sorek) ValleyStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
BrookStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
BrookStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
BrookStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
torrent: valleyStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • wadi of38
  • the wadi18
  • in the wadi7
  • in wadi of6
  • torrents of6
  • wadi5
  • a wadi4
  • at wadi of4
  • the river4
  • wadis4
  • from wadi of3
  • the wadis3

and 32 more, 141 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

נַחַתNachathquietnessUses7
נַחַרnacharsnortingUses2
נַחַשׁnachashdivinationUses2

The words it stands beside

All 141, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

76 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • נַ֣חַל23
  • נַ֥חַל10
  • בְּנַ֣חַל6
  • הַנַּ֔חַל6
  • נַ֨חַל6
  • בְּנַ֥חַל4
  • הַנַּ֖חַל3
  • הַנַּ֛חַל3
  • הַנָּ֑חַל3
  • נְחָלִ֣ים3
  • בַּנָּֽחַל׃2
  • הַנַּ֥חַל2

and 64 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)37HNcmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular22HTd/Ncmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)17HR/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine singular11HNcmsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular11HRd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)6HNcmpc
  • noun · masculine plural4HNcmpa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular4HR/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural4HTd/Ncmpa
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2HC/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2HC/Rd/Ncmpa

Genesis

three uses
  • So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

    Genesis 26:17

    • בְּנַֽחַל־benachal-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in wadi of
  • Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

    Genesis 26:19

    • בַּנָּ֑חַלbanachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the wadi
  • He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

    Genesis 32:23

    • הַנָּ֑חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi

Leviticus

three uses
  • Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

    Leviticus 11:9

    • וּבַנְּחָלִ֖יםuvanechalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and in the wadis
  • But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

    Leviticus 11:10

    • וּבַנְּחָלִ֔יםuvanechalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and in the wadis
  • On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

    Leviticus 23:40

    • נָ֑חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a wadi

Numbers

eight uses
  • When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

    Numbers 13:23

    • נַ֣חַלnachalproper noun (a name)tagged: wadi of
  • Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.

    Numbers 13:24

    • נַ֣חַלnachalproper noun (a name)tagged: wadi of
  • From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.

    Numbers 21:12

    • בְּנַ֥חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in wadi of
  • Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,

    Numbers 21:14

    • הַנְּחָלִ֖יםhanechalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the wadis
  • even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”

    Numbers 21:15

    • הַנְּחָלִ֔יםhanechalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the wadis
  • They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.

    Numbers 24:6

    • כִּנְחָלִ֣יםkinchalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like wadis
  • For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

    Numbers 32:9

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.

    Numbers 34:5

    • נַ֣חְלָהnachlahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: wadi of towards

Deuteronomy

twenty uses
  • They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.

    Deuteronomy 1:24

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.

    Deuteronomy 2:13

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

    Deuteronomy 2:14

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.

    Deuteronomy 2:24

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

    Deuteronomy 2:36

    • נַ֨חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • בַּנַּ֙חַל֙banachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the wadi
  • But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.

    Deuteronomy 2:37

    • נַ֤חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—

    Deuteronomy 3:8

    • מִנַּ֥חַלminachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from wadi of
  • So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

    Deuteronomy 3:12

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

    Deuteronomy 3:16

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • הַנַּ֖חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
    • הַנַּ֔חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),

    Deuteronomy 4:48

    • נַ֧חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

    Deuteronomy 8:7

    • נַ֣חֲלֵיnachaleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: torrents of
  • And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

    Deuteronomy 9:21

    • הַנַּ֖חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.

    Deuteronomy 10:7

    • נַ֥חֲלֵיnachaleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: torrents of
  • bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

    Deuteronomy 21:4

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a wadi
    • בַּנָּֽחַל׃banachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the wadi
  • Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

    Deuteronomy 21:6

    • בַנָּֽחַל׃vanachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the wadi

Joshua

sixteen uses
  • Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

    Joshua 12:1

    • מִנַּ֤חַלminachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from wadi of
  • Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,

    Joshua 12:2

    • נַ֨חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • הַנַּ֙חַל֙hanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
    • הַנַּ֔חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

    Joshua 13:9

    • נַ֨חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • הַנַּ֛חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,

    Joshua 13:16

    • נַ֨חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • הַנַּ֛חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.

    Joshua 15:4

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

    Joshua 15:7

    • לַנָּ֑חַלlanachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: of the wadi
  • Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.

    Joshua 15:47

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,

    Joshua 16:8

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.

    Joshua 17:9

    • נַ֨חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • לַנַּ֗חַלlanachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the wadi
    • לַנַּ֔חַלlanachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: of the wadi
  • The border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid. It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.

    Joshua 19:11

    • הַנַּ֔חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi

Judges

six uses
  • And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”

    Judges 4:7

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.

    Judges 4:13

    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

    Judges 5:21

    • נַ֤חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a wadi of
    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

    Judges 16:4

    • בְּנַ֣חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of

1 Samuel

five uses
  • Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

    1 Samuel 15:5

    • בַּנָּֽחַל׃banachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the wadi
  • And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.

    1 Samuel 17:40

    • הַנַּ֡חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

    1 Samuel 30:9

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

    1 Samuel 30:10

    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

    1 Samuel 30:21

    • בְּנַ֣חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at wadi of

2 Samuel

five uses
  • Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

    2 Samuel 15:23

    • בְּנַ֣חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in wadi of
  • If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”

    2 Samuel 17:13

    • הַנַּ֔חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    2 Samuel 22:5

    • נַחֲלֵ֥יnachaleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: torrents of
  • Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,

    2 Samuel 23:30

    • מִנַּ֥חֲלֵיminachaleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from wadis of
  • They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

    2 Samuel 24:5

    • הַנַּ֥חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi

1 Kings

ten uses
  • On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”

    1 Kings 2:37

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.

    1 Kings 8:65

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

    1 Kings 15:13

    • בְּנַ֥חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in wadi of
  • “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

    1 Kings 17:3

    • בְּנַ֣חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at wadi of
  • And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

    1 Kings 17:4

    • מֵהַנַּ֣חַלmehanachalpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: from the wadi
  • So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

    1 Kings 17:5

    • בְּנַ֣חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at wadi of
  • The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

    1 Kings 17:6

    • הַנַּ֖חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

    1 Kings 17:7

    • הַנָּ֑חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

    1 Kings 18:5

    • הַנְּחָלִ֑יםhanechalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the wadis
  • Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

    1 Kings 18:40

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of

2 Kings

seven uses
  • and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’

    2 Kings 3:16

    • הַנַּ֥חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’

    2 Kings 3:17

    • וְהַנַּ֥חַלvehanachalconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the wadi
  • from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

    2 Kings 10:33

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

    2 Kings 23:6

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
    • בְּנַ֥חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in wadi of
  • He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

    2 Kings 23:12

    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

    2 Kings 24:7

    • מִנַּ֤חַלminachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from wadi of

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Hurai from the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

    1 Chronicles 11:32

    • מִנַּ֣חֲלֵיminachaleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from wadis of

2 Chronicles

seven uses
  • So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.

    2 Chronicles 7:8

    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

    2 Chronicles 15:16

    • בְּנַ֥חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in wadi of
  • Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.

    2 Chronicles 20:16

    • הַנַּ֔חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

    2 Chronicles 29:16

    • לְנַֽחַל־lenachal-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to wadi of
  • They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.

    2 Chronicles 30:14

    • לְנַ֥חַלlenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to wadi of
  • Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

    2 Chronicles 32:4

    • הַנַּ֛חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi
  • After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

    2 Chronicles 33:14

    • בַּנַּ֜חַלbanachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the wadi

Nehemiah

one use
  • so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

    Nehemiah 2:15

    • בַנַּ֙חַל֙vanachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the wadi

Job

eight uses
  • But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

    Job 6:15

    • נָ֑חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a wadi
    • נְחָלִ֣יםnechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: wadis
  • He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

    Job 20:17

    • נַ֝חֲלֵ֗יnachaleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: torrents of
  • The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

    Job 21:33

    • נָ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: wadi
  • and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

    Job 22:24

    • נְחָלִ֣יםnechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: wadis
  • Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

    Job 28:4

    • נַ֨חַל׀nachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a shaft
  • so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

    Job 30:6

    • נְחָלִ֣יםnechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: wadis
  • The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

    Job 40:22

    • נָֽחַל׃nachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: wadi

Psalms

eight uses
  • The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    Psalms 18:4

    • וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖יvenachaleiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and torrents of
  • They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

    Psalms 36:8

    • וְנַ֖חַלvenachalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and river of
  • You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

    Psalms 74:15

    • וָנָ֑חַלvanachalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a torrent
  • When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

    Psalms 78:20

    • וּנְחָלִ֪יםunechalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and torrents
  • Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

    Psalms 83:9

    • בְּנַ֣חַלbenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at wadi of
  • He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

    Psalms 104:10

    • בַּנְּחָלִ֑יםbanechalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the wadis
  • He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.

    Psalms 110:7

    • מִ֭נַּחַלminachalpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a wadi
  • then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

    Psalms 124:4

    • נַ֗֜חְלָהnachlahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: a torrent towards

Proverbs

two uses
  • The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

    Proverbs 18:4

    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a wadi
  • As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

    Proverbs 30:17

    • נַ֑חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: wadi

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

    Ecclesiastes 1:7

    • הַנְּחָלִים֙hanechalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the rivers
    • שֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙shehanechalimrelative particle (“who / which”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: of where the rivers

Song of Solomon

one use
  • I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.

    Song of Solomon 6:11

    • הַנָּ֑חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wadi

Isaiah

eleven uses
  • And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.

    Isaiah 7:19

    • בְּנַחֲלֵ֣יbenachaleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in wadis of
  • The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

    Isaiah 11:15

    • נְחָלִ֔יםnechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: wadis
  • So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.

    Isaiah 15:7

    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

    Isaiah 27:12

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

    Isaiah 30:28

    • כְּנַ֤חַלkenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a torrent
  • For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

    Isaiah 30:33

    • כְּנַ֣חַלkenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like a torrent of
  • Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.

    Isaiah 34:9

    • נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙nechaleihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: torrents its
  • Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

    Isaiah 35:6

    • וּנְחָלִ֖יםunechalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and torrents
  • who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

    Isaiah 57:5

    • בַּנְּחָלִ֔יםbanechalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the wadis
  • Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

    Isaiah 57:6

    • נַ֣חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: wadi
  • For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

    Isaiah 66:12

    • וּכְנַ֧חַלukhenachalconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and like a torrent

Jeremiah

three uses
  • They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

    Jeremiah 31:9

    • נַ֣חֲלֵיnachaleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: torrents of
  • The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

    Jeremiah 31:40

    • נַ֨חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of
  • This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail

    Jeremiah 47:2

    • לְנַ֣חַלlenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a torrent

Lamentations

one use
  • The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.

    Lamentations 2:18

    • כַנַּ֤חַלkhanachalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the river

Ezekiel

nine uses
  • Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.

    Ezekiel 47:5

    • נַ֕חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a river
    • נַ֖חַלnachalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a river
  • “Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.

    Ezekiel 47:6

    • הַנָּֽחַל׃hanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.

    Ezekiel 47:7

    • הַנַּ֔חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.

    Ezekiel 47:9

    • נַחֲלַ֙יִם֙nachalayimnoun · masculine dualtagged: two rivers
    • הַנָּֽחַל׃hanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”

    Ezekiel 47:12

    • הַנַּ֣חַלhanachalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.

    Ezekiel 47:19

    • נַחֲלָ֖הnachalahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: wadi towards
  • The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

    Ezekiel 48:28

    • נַחֲלָ֖הnachalahnoun · feminine singulartagged: wadi

Joel

one use
  • And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.

    Joel 3:18

    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of

Amos

two uses
  • But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

    Amos 5:24

    • כְּנַ֥חַלkenachalpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a wadi
  • For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

    Amos 6:14

    • נַ֥חַלnachalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wadi of

Micah

one use
  • Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

    Micah 6:7

    • נַֽחֲלֵי־nachalei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: torrents of

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