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Judges 5:21

“The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נַחַלnachal · nakh'-al
H5158 · Hebrew

Definition: a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Derivation: or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from H5157 (נָחַל) in its original sense;
KJV renderings: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Grammar: נַ֤חַל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 141 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:17 Genesis 26:19 Genesis 32:24 Leviticus 11:9 Leviticus 11:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נַחַל here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.