1 Kings 17:7:51 Kgs.17.7.W5TAB
הַנָּ֑חַל
hanakhal
“the brook or wadi”
- Transliteration
- ha-na-KHAL
- Extended
- hah-nah-KHAAL
- IPA
- /han.naˈħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- the brook or wadi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-na-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL
- clause
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL KI LO-ha-YA GE-shem ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The main clause verb wayyibāš {וַיִּיבַשׁ | wayyibāš} ‘and it dried up’ takes hannāḥal {הַנָּ֑חַל | hannāḥal} ‘the brook’ as its subject.
Root and etymology
נ-ח-ל
“to flow, stream”
In context — 1 Kings 17:7
And it happened after some days that the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 17:7, so the Hebrew word הַנָּ֑חַל (hanakhal) 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.17.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.7.W5.S1) and character.