1 Kings 17:5:71 Kgs.17.5.W7TAB
בְּנַ֣חַל
benakhal
“by the wadi or brook”
- Transliteration
- be-na-KHAL
- Extended
- beh-nah-KHAHL
- IPA
- /bənaˈħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the wadi or brook
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 ke-RIT
- clause
va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-AS kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The repetition of vayelekh {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} focuses Elijah’s movement to the specified site, and vayeshev bĕ-nāḥāl {וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּנַ֣חַל | wayyēšēḇ bə-nāḥāl} ‘and he dwelt in the brook’ signals his settled state.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–ḥet–lamed
“stream, wadi”
In context — 1 Kings 17:5
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD . He went and settled by the brook Kerith, which lies east of the Jordan.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 17:5, 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.17.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.5.W7.S1) and character.