נַחַל
naḥal
torrent
Strong's H5158NounHebrewTWOT 1343b

נַחַל (naḥal) is a Hebrew noun meaning torrent. It appears 141 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5158).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1343b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1343b)palm-tree; stream, torrent, valley, shaft; brook, flood, river
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נַ֫חַל noun, masculine: palm-tree

perhaps palm-tree

Strong's H5158 נַחַל: a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV:brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1343: נָחַל nāḥal — Root of: נַ֫חַל torrent, torrent-valley, wady; נַ֫חַל palm-tree

See it in Scripture

Genesis 26:17Leviticus 11:9Numbers 13:23

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