1 Kings 17:3:71 Kgs.17.3.W7TAB
בְּנַ֣חַל
benakhal
“by the wadi or brook”
- Transliteration
- be-na-KHAL
- Extended
- beh-nah-KHAHL
- IPA
- /bənɑˈħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the wadi or brook
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
be-na-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
be-na-KHAL khe-RIT
- clause
ve-nis-tar-TA be-na-KHAL khe-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
LEKH miz-ZE u-fa-NI-ta le-KHA KED-ma ve-nis-tar-TA be-na-KHAL khe-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The locative construct chain bə-na-ḥal kə-rîṯ {בְּנַ֣חַל כְּרִ֔ית | bə-na-ḥal kə-rîṯ} ‘in the brook Cherith’ is defined by the relative clause ʾa-šer ʿal-pə-nê ha-yar-ḏēn {אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיַּרְדֵּֽן | ʾa-šer ʿal-pə-nê ha-yar-ḏēn} ‘which is east of the Jordan’, where ʿal conveys adjacency eastward. This linear, locative progression underscores the prophet’s divinely directed path to refuge.
Root and etymology
נ־ח־ל
“wadi, stream”
In context — 1 Kings 17:3
Go from here and turn eastward for yourself, and hide in the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 17:3, so the Hebrew word בְּנַ֣חַל (benakhal) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.17.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.3.W7.S1) and character.