2 Kings 23:6:72 Kgs.23.6.W7TAB
אֶל־נַ֣חַל
elnakhal
“to the wadi or stream of”
- Transliteration
- el-NA-khal
- Extended
- ehl-NAH-khahl
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.naˈħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the wadi or stream of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-NA-khal
- phraseyour reading level
el-NA-khal kid-RON
- clause
va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim el-NA-khal kid-RON va-yis-ROF o-TA be-NA-khal kid-RON va-ya-DEK le-a-FAR
- sentence
va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim el-NA-khal kid-RON va-yis-ROF o-TA be-NA-khal kid-RON va-ya-DEK le-a-FAR va-yash-LEKH et-a-fa-RA al-KE-ver be-NE ha-AM
Exegesis
Spatial motion is marked by the construct chain mibbêyt Yəhōwāh {מִבֵּית יְהוָה | mibbêyt Yəhōwāh} ‘from the house of the LORD’, mî-ḥûṣ li-yə-rû-šā-layim {מִחוּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַם | mî-ḥûṣ lî-yə-rû-šā-layim} ‘from outside Jerusalem’, and ʾel-naḥal Qidrōn {אֶל־נַחַל קִדְר֔וֹן | ʾel-na-ḥal Qidrōn} ‘to the Kidron Valley’. The repetition of naḥal Qidrōn underscores the specified execution site.
In context — 2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD , outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley; there he burned it, crushed it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the people .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־נַ֣חַל (elnakhal) 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 2 Kgs.23.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.6.W7.S1) and character.