1 Kings 17:4:21 Kgs.17.4.W2TAB
מֵהַנַּ֣חַל
mehanakhal
“from the wadi or stream”
- Transliteration
- me-ha-NA-khal
- Extended
- mee-hah-NAH-khahl
- IPA
- /meːhanˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the wadi or stream
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ha-NA-khal
- phraseyour reading level
me-ha-NA-khal tish-TE
- clause
ve-ha-YA me-ha-NA-khal tish-TE
- sentence
ve-ha-YA me-ha-NA-khal tish-TE ve-ET-ha-or-VIM tsi-vi-TI le-khal-kel-KHA SHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mehanachal {מֵהַנַּחַל | mĕ-han-nā-ḥal} ‘from the brook’ specifies the water source.
Root and etymology
nun–het–lamed
“stream, brook”
In context — 1 Kings 17:4
And it will be that you will drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 17:4, so the Hebrew word מֵהַנַּ֣חַל (mehanakhal) 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.17.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.4.W2.S1) and character.