Deuteronomy 21:6:11Deut.21.6.W11TAB
בַנָּֽחַל׃
vanakhal
“in the valley”
- Transliteration
- va-NA-khal
- Extended
- vah-NAH-khal
- IPA
- /vanˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the valley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-NA-khal
- phraseyour reading level
ha-a-ru-FAH va-NA-khal
- clause
yir-kha-TZU et-ye-DEI-hem al-ha-eg-LAH ha-a-ru-FAH va-NA-khal
- sentence
ve-KOL zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU hak-ke-ro-VIM el-he-kha-LAL yir-kha-TZU et-ye-DEI-hem al-ha-eg-LAH ha-a-ru-FAH va-NA-khal
Exegesis
Finally, the prepositional phrase al ha-eglah haarufah ba-nachal {עַל־הָעֶגְלָה הָעֲרוּפָה בַנָּחַל | ʿal hà-ʿeɡ-lāh hā-ʿă-rû-pâh ba-ná-ḥal} ‘over the neck-broken heifer in the valley’ ties the juridical rite to its setting. The translation moves from Hebrew VSO to English SVO for clarity, with the participial and construct relationships rendered in subordinate modifiers.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–ḥet–lamed
“valley; stream”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:6
And all the elders of that city, those nearest to the slain one, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 21:6, so the Hebrew word בַנָּֽחַל׃ (vanakhal) 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.21.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.6.W11.S1) and character.