Deuteronomy 21:4:6Deut.21.4.W6TAB
אֶל־נַ֣חַל
elnakhal
“to a valley”
- Transliteration
- el-NA-khal
- Extended
- el-NAH-khal
- IPA
- /ʔelˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a valley
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 ei-TAN
- clause
ve-ho-REE-du zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH el-NA-khal ei-TAN a-SHER lo-ye-a-VEHD BO ve-LO yiz-za-RE-a
- sentence
ve-ho-REE-du zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH el-NA-khal ei-TAN a-SHER lo-ye-a-VEHD BO ve-LO yiz-za-RE-a ve-or-FU-sham ET-ha-eg-LAH ba-NA-khal
Exegesis
The locative el- naḥal ʾêṯan {אֶל־נַ֣חַל אֵיתָ֔ן | ʾel naḥal ʾê-ṯān} ‘to a valley with running water’ is refined by the relative particle ʾasher {אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾă-šer} introducing a restrictive clause.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–ḥet–lamed
“valley; stream”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:4
Then the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water , a place that has neither been tilled nor sown; and there in the valley they shall break the heifer’s neck.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 21:4, 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 Deut.21.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.4.W6.S1) and character.