H5158. nachal

I. נַ֫חַל‎ noun masculine^{2 Kings 3:16} torrent, torrent-valley, wady (Ecclus 40:13; 40:16; Late Hebrew id., stream (rare); נַחְלָא ᵑ7‎ , = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian na—lu = Biblical Hebrew; Lag^{BN 140 Anm.} thinks Νεῖλος may be from Νεέλ = נַחַל‎ pronounced *נִהִל‎; on ׳נ‎ in Sabean proper name, of a location, see Hal^{Rev. Sémit. Iv (1896), 80, 1, 14}); — absolute ׳נ‎ Genesis 32:24 +, נַ֫חְלָה‎ Psalm 124:4; construct נַחַל‎ Genesis 26:17 +; with ה‎ locative, 34:5 so read also Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28 (where נַחֲלָ֫ה ᵑ0‎; see Thes); dual נַחֲלַיִם‎ 47:9, but read ᵐ5 הַנַּחַל‎. ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵑ7‎ 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); 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); ׳הַנּ הַשּׁוֺטֵף‎2 Chronicles 32:4 ("" מַעְיָנוֺת‎); נ ׳נֶהְמְּכוּ לְזֶפֶת‎ 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 ("" נְהָרִים מְּלַגּוֺת,‎); figurative׳נ בְלִיַּעַל‎ 2 Samuel 22:5 torrents of worthlessness ("" מָ֫וֶת מִשְׁבְּרֵי‎), = Psalm 18:5; ׳נ שׁוֺטֵף‎ 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 17:7 (יָבֵשׁ‎; all of Elijah's stream כְּרִית‎, q. v.); for drinking also Psalm 110:7, and (figurative) ׳נ עֲדָנֶיךָ‎ 36:9; Job 6:15 (twice in verse) (נְחָלִים אֲפִיק‎; in simile); of water bursting from rock Psalm 78:20 (שָׁטַף‎, "" מַיִם‎), compare 74:15 (+ מַעְיָן‎); figurative of חָכְמָה מְקוֺר‎ Proverbs 18:4 (׳נ נֹבֵּעַ‎; "" עֲמֻקִים מַיִם‎); more Generally = stream, brook, river (chiefly late) Isaiah 11:15 (divisions of river, נָהָר‎) in desert 35:6 ("" מַיִם‎), Jeremiah 31:9 (מַיִם נַחֲלֵי‎), Ezekiel 47:5 (twice in verse); 47:9 b (all strike out Co), 47:6; 47:7; 47:9a (readהַנַּחַל‎, see above), 47:12; containing fish, etc. Leviticus 11:9-10, ("" יַמִּים מַיִם,‎), Ecclesiastes 1:7 (twice in verse); figurative י ׳רוּחַ‎, Isaiah 30:28 (׳נ שׁוֺטֵף‎, 30:33 (׳נ גָּפְרִית‎).

2 Torrent-valley, wady, as stream-bed 1 Samuel 17:40; Nehemiah 2:15; Isaiah 57:6; with torrent flowing through it, ׳נ אֵיתָן‎ Deuteronomy 21:4 (twice in verse); 21:6, מַיִם נַחֲלֵי אֶרֶץ‎ 8:7 ("" בַּבִּקְעָה יֹּצְאִים וּתְהֹמֹת עֲיָנֹת‎), compare 10:7, 1 Kings 18:5 ("" הַמַיִם מַעְיְנֵי‎), Psalm 104:10; abode of Elijah 1 Kings 17:3, 5 (compare 17:4; 17:6; 17:7 above); נ ׳עֹרְבֵי‎ Proverbs 30:17 (compare 1 Kings 17:4, 6); ׳נ הַבַּתּוֺת‎ Isaiah 7:19 as home of bees; fertile, ׳נ אֶשְׁכֹּל‎ Numbers 13:23-24, (E); הַנּ ׳אִבֵּי‎ Song of Solomon 6:11; ׳עַרְבֵינֿ‎ poplars of the wady Leviticus 23:40 (H), Job 40:22; ׳נ עֲרָבִים‎ Isaiah 15:7; needing water Genesis 26:17 (׳נ גְּרָר‎), 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 הַנְּחָלִים בְּצוּר‎ 22:24; place of child-sacrifice Isaiah 57:5; burial-place Job 21:33 (נ ׳רִגְבֵי‎), — Numbers 24:6 see II. נַ֫חַל‎.

Particular wadys designate localities: אַרְנוֺן‎ Numbers 21:14 (E), Deuteronomy 2:24, 36 (twice in verse); 3:8, 12, 16 (twice in verse); 4:48; Joshua 12:1-2,(twice in verse); 13:9 (twice in verse) (all D), 13:16; 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); 2:14; יַכֹּק‎ Genesis 32:24 (J), Deuteronomy 2:37; 3:16; Joshua 12:2 (all D); קִדְרוֺן‎ 2 Samuel 15:23; 1 Kings 2:37; 15:13; 18:40; 1Ki 23:6 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 23:12; 2 Chronicles 15:16; 29:16; 30:14; Jeremiah 31:40; קָנָה‎ Joshua 16:8; 17:9 (3 t. in verse) (all P); שׂוֺרֵק‎ Judges 16:4; ׳נ הַשִּׁטִּים‎ Joel 4:18; מִצְרַיִם ׳נ‎ is southwest limit of Palestine (Assyrian na—al [mat] Muƒri, Dl ^{Par. 310} Schr^{COT Numbers 34:5}) 34:5 (P), Joshua 15:4 (D), 15:47 (P), 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7, 2; Chron 7:8; Isaiah 27:12, + (omit מצרים‎) Ezekiel 47:19; 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; 19:11 (both P), 2 Samuel 23:30 = 1 Chronicles 11:32; 2 Chronicles 20:16; 33:14, see Commentaries; הַנְּחָלִים אָשֶׁד‎ Numbers 21:15, see אֶשֶׁד‎.

3 Miner's shaft, נ ׳מָּרַץ‎ Job 28:4.

II. [נַ֫חַל‎] noun [masculine] perhaps palm-tree (Arabic , noun of individual meaning ; see Perles^{JQ, July, 1899, 688}); — only plural absolute, נִטָּ֑יוּ כִּנְחָלִים‎ Numbers 24:6 like palm-trees, which are stretched out, spread out (as to foliage). So Perles^l.c, who compares נחל כערבי‎ Ecclus 50:12e, ᵐ5‎ ὡς στελέχη φοινικων.