נַ֫חַל

na.chaltorrent: river
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine141 occurrences25 books123 verses
This word comes from the name of Brook of Egypt.

Definition

or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from H5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Traditional renderings: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

Glossary entries

Brook of Egypt Wadi Shihor Sihor Brook

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

141 total
  1. Genesis 26:17בְּנַֽחַל־ · in the Valley
    So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
  2. Genesis 26:19בַּנָּ֑חַל · in the valley
    Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
  3. Genesis 32:23הַנָּ֑חַל · the stream
    He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
  4. Leviticus 11:9וּבַנְּחָלִ֖ים · or in the streams
    Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
  5. Leviticus 11:10וּבַנְּחָלִ֔ים · or streams
    But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
  6. Leviticus 23:40נָ֑חַל · of the brook
    On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
  7. Numbers 13:23נַ֣חַל · the Valley
    When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
  8. Numbers 13:24נַ֣חַל · the Valley
    Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
  9. Numbers 21:12בְּנַ֥חַל · in the Valley
    From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.
  10. Numbers 21:14הַנְּחָלִ֖ים · the wadis
    Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
  11. Numbers 21:15הַנְּחָלִ֔ים · of the wadis
    …even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
  12. Numbers 24:6כִּנְחָלִ֣ים · like palm groves
    They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.
  13. Numbers 32:9נַ֣חַל · the Valley
    For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
  14. Numbers 34:5נַ֣חְלָה · join the Brook
    …where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
  15. Deuteronomy 1:24נַ֣חַל · the Valley
    They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
  16. Deuteronomy 2:13 (2×)נַ֣חַל · the Brook; נַ֥חַל · the Brook
    “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
  17. Deuteronomy 2:14נַ֣חַל · the Brook
    The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
  18. Deuteronomy 2:24נַ֣חַל · Valley
    “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
  19. Deuteronomy 2:36 (2×)נַ֨חַל · Valley; בַּנַּ֙חַל֙ · in the valley
    From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
  20. Deuteronomy 2:37נַ֤חַל · River
    But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
  21. Deuteronomy 3:8מִנַּ֥חַל · Valley
    At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
  22. Deuteronomy 3:12נַ֣חַל · Valley
    So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
  23. Deuteronomy 3:16 (3×)נַ֣חַל · Valley; הַנַּ֖חַל · of the valley; הַנַּ֔חַל · River
    …and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.
  24. Deuteronomy 4:48נַ֧חַל · Valley
    …extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
  25. Deuteronomy 8:7נַ֣חֲלֵי · of brooks
    For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
  26. Deuteronomy 9:21הַנַּ֖חַל · the stream
    And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
  27. Deuteronomy 10:7נַ֥חֲלֵי · with streams
    From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.
  28. Deuteronomy 21:4 (2×)נַ֣חַל · a valley; בַּנָּֽחַל׃ · by the stream
    …bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
  29. Deuteronomy 21:6בַנָּֽחַל׃ · by the stream
    Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
  30. Joshua 12:1מִנַּ֤חַל · Valley
    Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
  31. Joshua 12:2 (3×)נַ֨חַל · Valley; הַנַּ֙חַל֙ · of the valley; הַנַּ֔חַל · River
    Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
  32. Joshua 13:9 (2×)נַ֨חַל · Valley; הַנַּ֛חַל · of the valley
    The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
  33. Joshua 13:16 (2×)נַ֨חַל · Valley; הַנַּ֛חַל · of the valley
    The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
  34. Joshua 15:4נַ֣חַל · joined the Brook
    It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
  35. Joshua 15:7לַנָּ֑חַל · of the ravine
    Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
  36. Joshua 15:47נַ֣חַל · the Brook
    Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
  37. Joshua 16:8נַ֣חַל · to the Brook
    From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
  38. Joshua 17:9 (3×)נַ֨חַל · to the Brook; לַנַּ֗חַל; לַנַּ֔חַל · of the brook
    From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.
  39. Joshua 19:11הַנַּ֔חַל · the brook
    It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.