Isaiah 15:7:6Isa.15.7.W6TAB
נַ֥חַל
nakhal
“wadi or brook”
- Transliteration
- na-KHAL
- Extended
- nah-KHAHL
- IPA
- /naˈħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- wadi or brook
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
na-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
na-KHAL ha-a-ra-VIM
- clause
u-fe-kud-DA-tam AL na-KHAL ha-a-ra-VIM yis-SA-um
- sentence
al-KEHN yit-ra a-SA u-fe-kud-DA-tam AL na-KHAL ha-a-ra-VIM yis-SA-um
Exegesis
The preposition al {עַל | ʿal} with the locative phrase nakhal ha-aravim {נַחַל הָעֲרָבִים | na-ḥal hā-ʿa-rā-vim} designates destination, and the imperfect yissaum {יִשָּׂאוּם | yiś-śā-ʾûm} conveys the future action of carrying them away.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–ḥet–lamed
“valley, stream, wadi”
In context — Isaiah 15:7
Therefore the surplus they have gained, and what they have stored up, they will carry to the brook of the willows.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 15:7, so the Hebrew word נַ֥חַל (nakhal) 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 Isa.15.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.7.W6.S1) and character.