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. Psalm 18:4וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖י · the torrents
    The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
  2. Psalm 36:8וְנַ֖חַל · from Your river
    They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
  3. Psalm 74:15וָנָ֑חַל · and the flood
    You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
  4. Psalm 78:20וּנְחָלִ֪ים · and torrents
    When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
  5. Psalm 83:9בְּנַ֣חַל · at the River
    Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
  6. Psalm 104:10בַּנְּחָלִ֑ים · in the valleys
    He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
  7. Psalm 110:7מִ֭נַּחַל · from the brook
    He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
  8. Psalm 124:4נַ֗֜חְלָה · [then] the torrent
    …then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
  9. Proverbs 18:4נַ֥חַל · brook
    The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
  10. Proverbs 30:17נַ֑חַל · of the valley
    As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
  11. Ecclesiastes 1:7 (2×)הַנְּחָלִים֙ · the rivers; שֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙ · from which the streams
    All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
  12. Song of Solomon 6:11הַנָּ֑חַל · of the valley
    I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
  13. Isaiah 7:19בְּנַחֲלֵ֣י · ravines
    And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.
  14. Isaiah 11:15נְחָלִ֔ים · streams
    The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
  15. Isaiah 15:7נַ֥חַל · the Brook
    So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
  16. Isaiah 27:12נַ֣חַל · the Wadi
    In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
  17. Isaiah 30:28כְּנַ֤חַל · torrent
    His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
  18. Isaiah 30:33כְּנַ֣חַל · like a torrent
    For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
  19. Isaiah 34:9נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙ · [Edom’s] streams
    Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.
  20. Isaiah 35:6וּנְחָלִ֖ים · and streams
    Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
  21. Isaiah 57:5בַּנְּחָלִ֔ים · in the valleys
    …who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
  22. Isaiah 57:6נַ֣חַל · of the valley
    Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
  23. Isaiah 66:12וּכְנַ֧חַל · stream
    For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
  24. Jeremiah 31:9נַ֣חֲלֵי · streams
    They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
  25. Jeremiah 31:40נַ֨חַל · Valley
    The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
  26. Jeremiah 47:2לְנַ֣חַל · torrent
    This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
  27. Lamentations 2:18כַנַּ֤חַל · like a river
    The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
  28. Ezekiel 47:5 (2×)נַ֕חַל · but now it was a river; נַ֖חַל · a river
    Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.
  29. Ezekiel 47:6הַנָּֽחַל׃ · of the river
    “Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
  30. Ezekiel 47:7הַנַּ֔חַל · of the river
    When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.
  31. Ezekiel 47:9 (2×)נַחֲלַ֙יִם֙ · the river; הַנָּֽחַל׃ · the river
    Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.
  32. Ezekiel 47:12הַנַּ֣חַל · of the river
    Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
  33. Ezekiel 47:19נַחֲלָ֖ה · and along the Brook [of Egypt]
    On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
  34. Ezekiel 48:28נַחֲלָ֖ה · then along the Brook [of Egypt]
    The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
  35. Joel 3:18נַ֥חַל · the Valley
    And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
  36. Amos 5:24כְּנַ֥חַל · stream
    But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
  37. Amos 6:14נַ֥חַל · the Brook
    For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”
  38. Micah 6:7נַֽחֲלֵי־ · rivers
    Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?