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Strong's #5158 - נַחְלָה
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- torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley
- torrent
- torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)
- shaft (of mine)
- palm-tree
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2391) lhn (נההל NHhL) AC: Inherit CO: Inheritance AB: ?
V) lhn (נההל NHhL) - Inherit: KJV (61): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Hophal, Piel) inherit, inheritance, possess, have, divide, heritage - Strongs: H5157 (נָחַל)
Nm) lhn (נההל NHhL) - River: Also the valley of a stream. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (141): river, brook, valley, stream, flood - Strongs: H5158 (נַחְלָה)
Nf1) elhn (נההלה NHhLH) - Inheritance: KJV (222): inheritance, heritage, inherit, possession - Strongs: H5159 (נַחֲלָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 torrent, of rushing water in narrow channel Judges 5:21 (3t. in verse); Judges 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); הַשּׁוֺטֵף׳הַנּ 2 Chronicles 32:4 ("" מַעְיָנוֺת); לְזֶפֶת׳נֶהְמְּכוּ נ 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 ("" מְּלַגּוֺת, נְהָרִים); figurativeבְלִיַּעַל׳נ 2 Samuel 22:5 torrents of worthlessness ("" מִשְׁבְּרֵימָ֫וֶת), = Psalm 18:5; שׁוֺטֵף׳נ 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 1 Kings 17:7 (יָבֵשׁ; all of Elijah's stream כְּרִית, q. v.); for drinking also Psalm 110:7, and (figurative) עֲדָנֶיךָ׳נ Psalm 36:9; Job 6:15 (twice in verse) (אֲפִיקנְחָלִים; in simile); of water bursting from rock Psalm 78:20 (שָׁטַף, "" מַיִם), compare Psalm 74:15 (+ מַעְיָן); figurative of מְקוֺר חָכְמָה Proverbs 18:4 (נֹבֵּעַ׳נ; "" מַיִם עֲמֻקִים); more Generally = stream, brook, river (chiefly late) Isaiah 11:15 (divisions of river, נָהָר) in desert Isaiah 35:6 ("" מַיִם), Jeremiah 31:9 (נַחֲלֵי מַיִם), Ezekiel 47:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:9 b (all strike out Co), Ezekiel 47:6; Ezekiel 47:7; Ezekiel 47:9a (readהַנַּחַל, see above), Ezekiel 47:12; containing fish, etc. Leviticus 11:9,10 ("" מַיִם, יַמִּים), Ecclesiastes 1:7 (twice in verse); figurative ׳רוּחַ י, Isaiah 30:28 (שׁוֺטֵף׳נ, Isaiah 30:33 (גָּפְרִית׳נ).
2 Torrent-valley, wady, as stream-bed 1 Samuel 17:40; Nehemiah 2:15; Isaiah 57:6; with torrent flowing through it, אֵיתָן׳נ Deuteronomy 21:4 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:6, אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מַיִם Deuteronomy 8:7 ("" עֲיָנֹתוּתְהֹמֹת יֹּצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה), compare Deuteronomy 10:7,1Kings 18:5 ("" מַעְיְנֵיהַמַיִם), Psalm 104:10; abode of Elijah 1 Kings 17:3,5 (compare 1 Kings 17:4; 1 Kings 17:6; 1 Kings 17:7 above); ׳עֹרְבֵי נ Proverbs 30:17 (compare 1 Kings 17:4,6); הַבַּתּוֺת׳נ Isaiah 7:19 as home of bees; fertile, אֶשְׁכֹּל׳נ Numbers 13:23,24 (E); ׳אִבֵּי הַנּ Song of Solomon 6:11; ׳עַרְבֵינֿ poplars of the wady Leviticus 23:40 (H), Job 40:22; עֲרָבִים׳נ Isaiah 15:7; needing water Genesis 26:17 (גְּרָר׳נ), Genesis 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 בְּצוּרהַנְּחָלִים Job 22:24; place of child-sacrifice Isaiah 57:5; burial-place Job 21:33 (׳רִגְבֵי נ), — Numbers 24:6 see II. נַ֫חַל.
Particular wadys designate localities: אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:14 (E), Deuteronomy 2:24,36 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 3:8,12,16 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 12:1,2(twice in verse); Joshua 13:9 (twice in verse) (all D), Joshua 13:16; Joshua 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); Deuteronomy 2:14; יַכֹּק Genesis 32:24 (J), Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2 (all D); קִדְרוֺן 2 Samuel 15:23; 1 Kings 2:37; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Kings 23:6 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 23:12; 2 Chronicles 15:16; 29:16; 30:14; Jeremiah 31:40; קָנָה Joshua 16:8; Joshua 17:9 (3t. in verse) (all P); שׂוֺרֵק Judges 16:4; הַשִּׁטִּים׳נ Joel 4:18; ׳נמִצְרַיִם is southwest limit of Palestine (Assyrian na—al [ mat] Muƒri, Dl Par. 310 Schr COT Numbers 34:5) Numbers 34:5 (P), Joshua 15:4 (D), Joshua 15:47 (P), 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7,2; Chron 2 Kings 7:8; Isaiah 27:12, + (omit מצרים) Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 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; Joshua 19:11 (both P), 2 Samuel 23:30 = 1 Chronicles 11:32; 2 Chronicles 20:16; 33:14, see Commentaries; אָשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים Numbers 21:15, see אֶשֶׁד.
3 Miner's shaft, ׳מָּרַץ נ Job 28:4.
II. [נַ֫חַל] noun [masculine] perhaps palm-tree (Arabic , noun of individual meaning ; see Perles JQ, July, 1899,688); — only plural absolute, כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּ֑יוּ Numbers 24:6 like palm-trees, which are stretched out, spread out (as to foliage). So Perles l.c, who compares כערבי נחל Sirach 50:12e, ᵐ5 ὡς στελέχη φοινικων.