BDB5112
I. נַ֫חַל
noun masculine
2Kgs 3:16
torrent, torrent-valley, wady (
Eccl 40:13;
Eccl 40:16
Late Hebrew id., stream (rare);
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נַחְלָא
[untranscribed source text 3265], = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian
na—lu
= Biblical Hebrew; LagBN 140 Anm. thinks
Νεῖλος may be from Νεέλ = נַחַל pronounced *נִהִל; on
׳
נ in Sabean proper name, of a location, see HalRev. Sémit. Iv
(1896), 80, 1, 14); — absolute ׳
נ
Gen 32:24 +,
נַ֫חְלָה
Ps 124:4
construct נַחַל
Gen 26:17 +;
with ה locative, Gen 34:5 so read also Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28 (where
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נַחֲלָ֫ה; see Thes); dual נַחֲלַיִם
Ezek 47:9, but
read הַנַּחַל
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.
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Co
Berthol; plural נְחָלִים
Num 21:4 +;
נַחֲלֵי
Deut 8:7 +; suffix
נְחֶלֶיהָ
Isa 34:9 —
1.
torrent, of rushing water in narrow channel Judg 5:21 (3 t. in verse); Judg 4:7; Judg 4:13; Ps 83:10 (all of קִישֹׁן
, q. v.); mountain torrent Deut 9:21 (compare Exod 32:20); so Amos 5:24 (simile of righteousness); הַשּׁוֺטֵף
׳
הַנּ
2Chr 32:4 (||
מַעְיָנוֺת); לְזֶפֶת
׳
נֶהְפְּכוּ נ
Isa 34:9
simile of tears Lam
2:18 hyperb.שָֿׁ֑מֶן
׳
נ
Mic 6:7
torrents of oil, compare of honey and curd Job 20:17 (|| פְּלַגּוֺת,
נְהָרִים); figurativeבְלִיַּעַל
׳
נ
2Sam 22:5
torrents of worthlessness (|| מִשְׁבְּרֵי
מָ֫וֶת), = Ps 18:5
שׁוֺטֵף
׳
נ simile of glory of nations Isa 66:12, figurative of invaders Jer 47:2 (|| מַיִס),
or foes Ps 124:4
(נַ֫חְלָה, see above); 1Kgs 17:4; 1Kgs 17:6 (for drinking), drying up in summer 1Kgs 17:7 (
יָבֵשׁ; all of Elijah's stream
כְּרִית
, q. v.); for drinking also Ps 110:7, and (figurative) עֲדָנֶיךָ
׳
נ
Ps 36:9; Job 6:15 (twice
in verse) (אֲפִיק
נְחָלִים; in simile); of water bursting from rock Ps 78:20 (שָׁטַף, ||
מַיִם), compare Ps 74:15 (+ מַעְיָן); figurative of מְקוֺר חָכְמָה
Prov 18:4 (
נֹבֵּעַ
׳
נ; || מַיִם עֲמֻקִים); more generally = stream, brook, river (chiefly late)
Isa 11:15
(divisions of river, נָהָר) in desert Isa 35:6 (|| מַיִם), Jer 31:9 (נַחֲלֵי
מַיִם),
Ezek 47:5 (twice in verse); Ezek 47:9 b (all strike out
Co),
Ezek 47:6
Ezek 47:7
Ezek 47:9a (read
הַנַּחַל, see above), Ezek 47:12
containing fish, etc.
Lev 11:9;
Lev 11:10 (|| מַיִם, יַמִּים), Eccl 1:7 (twice in
verse); figurative ׳
רוּחַ י, Isa 30:28 (שׁוֺטֵף
׳
נ,
Isa 30:33 (גָּפְרִית
׳
נ).
2.
Torrent-valley, wady, as stream-bed
1Sam 17:40;
Neh 2:15;
Isa 57:6 with torrent flowing through it,
אֵיתָן
׳
נ
Deut 21:4
(twice in verse);
Deut 21:6,
אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מַיִם
Deut 8:7 (||
עֲיָנֹת
וּתְהֹמֹת יֹּצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה), compare
Deut 10:7,
1Kgs 18:5 (||
מַעְיְנֵי
הַמַיִם),
Ps 104:10 abode of Elijah
1Kgs 17:3;
1Kgs 17:5 (compare
1Kgs 17:4
1Kgs 17:6
1Kgs 17:7
above);
׳
עֹרְבֵי נ
Prov 30:17
(compare
1Kgs 17:4;
1Kgs 17:6);
הַבַּתּוֺת
׳
נ
Isa 7:19 as
home of bees; fertile,
אֶשְׁכֹּל
׳
נ
Num 13:23;
Num 13:24 (
E
);
׳
אִבֵּי הַנּ
Song 6:11
׳
עַרְבֵינֿ
poplars of the wady
Lev 23:40 (
H
),
Job
40:22
עֲרָבִים
׳
נ
Isa 15:7
needing water
Gen
26:17 (
גְּרָר
׳
נ),
Gen 26:19 (
J
), compare
2Kgs 3:16;
2Kgs 3:17 place for refuse, ruins, etc.
2Sam 17:13 in poetry also as wild,
remote ravine
Job
30:6, compare
בְּצוּר
הַנְּחָלִים
Job 22:24
place of child-sacrifice
Isa 57:5 burial-place
Job 21:33 (
׳
רִגְבֵי נ), —
Num 24:6 see II.
נַ֫חַל
.
[Note]
Particular wadys designate localities: אַרְנוֺן
Num 21:14
(
E
), Deut
2:24
; Deut 2:36
(twice in verse);
Deut 3:8
; Deut 3:12
;
Deut 3:16
(twice in
verse); Deut 4:48
;
Josh 12:1;
Josh 12:2
(twice in
verse); Josh 13:9
(twice in verse) (all
D
),
Josh
13:16
Josh
13:16 (
P
), 2Kgs
10:33
אֶשְׁכֹּל
Num 32:9 (
J
), Deut
1:24
בְּשׂוֺר
1Sam 30:9;
1Sam 30:10
; 1Sam
30:21
גָּד
2Sam 24:5
זֶרֶד
Num 21:12
(
E
), Deut
2:13
(twice in verse);
Deut 2:14
יַכֹּק
Gen 32:24
(
J
), Deut
2:37
; Deut 3:16
;
Josh 12:2
(all
D
); קִדְרוֺן
2Sam 15:23
;
2Sam 1:37
; 2Sam
15:13;
2Sam 18:40
;
2Sam 23:6
(twice
in verse);
2Sam
23:12;
2Chr 15:16; 2Chr 29:16; 2Chr 30:14; Jer 31:40
קָנָה
Josh 16:8;
Josh 17:9
(3 t. in
verse) (all
P
); שׂוֺרֵק
Judg 16:4
הַשִּׁטִּים
׳
נ
Joel 4:18
׳
נ
מִצְרַיִם is southwest limit of Palestine (Assyrian
na—al [mat] Muƒri
, Dl Par. 310
SchrCOT Num 34:5) Num 34:5 (
P
), Josh
15:4
(
D
),
Josh
15:47 (
P
),
1Kgs 8:65
; 2Kgs
24:7
; 2Kgs 24:2
Chron
2Kgs 7:8;
Isa 27:12
, +
(omit מצרים) Ezek 47:19; Ezek 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
Josh 15:7;
Josh 19:11
(both
P
), 2Sam
23:30 =
1Chr 11:32; 2Chr 20:16; 2Chr 33:14, see Commentaries; אָשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים
Num 21:15
, see
אֶשֶׁד
.
3.
Miner's shaft, ׳
פָּרַץ נ
Job 28:4.
BDB5113
II. [נַ֫חַל] noun [masculine] perhaps palm-tree (Arabic
[untranscribed source text 3266], noun of individual meaning
[untranscribed source text 3267]; see PerlesJQ, July, 1899, 688); — only
plural absolute, כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּ֑יוּ
Num 24:6 like
palm-trees, which are stretched out, spread out (as to foliage). So
Perlesl.c, who compares כערבי נחל
,
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ὡς στελέχη φοινικων.
