נַ֫חַל

na.chalNoun (Masculine)H5158

torrent: river

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

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

river/bed 1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley 1a) torrent 1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed) 1c) shaft (of mine) Also means: na.chal (*נַ֫חַל *": valley" H5158N)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

118 times

Appears 118 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Deuteronomy
15
Isaiah
11
1 Kings
10
Joshua
10
Numbers
8

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 11:32
  • 2 Kings 10:33
  • Deuteronomy 3:12
  • Isaiah 57:6
  • Joshua 15:47

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.