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Numbers 24:6

“As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.” (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: כִּ — preposition
נְחָלִ֣ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HR/Ncmpa
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.