Nachal נַ֫חַל

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Nachal
נַ֫חַל
Transliterationnachal
Strong's numberH5158 (H5158A, H5158N, H5158L, H5158H, H5158M, H5158B, H5158G, H5158K, H5158I, H5158J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosstorrent: river
Occurrences141 in 123 verses
Most frequent inDeuteronomy (15)

Nachal (Hebrew נַ֫חַל, Strong's H5158) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “torrent: river”. It occurs 141 times in 123 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5158A: torrent: river

: 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)

H5158N: torrent: valley

: valley/gorge
1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley
1a) torrent
1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)
1c) shaft (of mine)

H5158L: Brook

palm-tree
Another name of shi.chor (שִׁיחוֹר "Shihor" H7883G)

H5158H: (Eshcol) Valley

Combined with esh.kol (אֶשְׁכֹּל " of Eshcol" H0812H)
§ palm-tree

H5158M: Brook

palm-tree
Another name of shi.chor (שִׁיחוֹר "Shihor" H7883G)

H5158B: palm-tree

palm-tree

H5158G: Brook

§ palm-tree

H5158K: Brook

§ palm-tree

H5158I: (Shittim) Valley

Combined with shit.tim (שִׁטִּים " of Shittim" H7851H)
§ palm-tree

H5158J: (Sorek) Valley

Combined with s.vo.req (שֹׂרֵק " of Sorek" H7796)
§ palm-tree

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVriver (48), brook (37), valley (18), brooks (9), rivers (8), stream (7), valleys (5), streams (4), flood (3), floods (2)
BSBvalley (46), brook (24), river (15), stream (7), streams (7), wadis (4), brooks (3), torrents (3), torrent (3), ravines (2), valleys (2), rivers (2), and 14 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Nachal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Joel

Amos

Micah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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