Job 21:33:3Job.21.33.W3TAB

נָ֥חַל

nakhal

a wadi or valley

Transliteration
na-KHAL
Extended
naa-KHAAL
IPA
/naːˈħal/

Meaning by language

English
a wadi or valley

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Result
נָ֥ + חַל
na + khal
nakhal

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-KHAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    rig-VE na-KHAL ve-a-kha-RA-v kal-a-DAM yim-SHOKH

  3. clause

    mat-ke-LU-lo rig-VE na-KHAL ve-a-kha-RA-v kal-a-DAM yim-SHOKH

  4. sentence

    mat-ke-LU-lo rig-VE na-KHAL ve-a-kha-RA-v kal-a-DAM yim-SHOKH u-le-fa-NA-v EN mis-PAR

Exegesis

The verb matku {מָֽתְקוּ | mā-tə-qû} ‘they are sweet’ personifies the earth, linking rigvei nachal {רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל | rig-vê nā-ḥal} ‘clods of the valley’ to lo {ל֗וֹ | lō} ‘to him’.

Root and etymology

n-ḥ-lnun–chet–lamed

stream, valley

In contextJob 21:33

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; after him every person will follow , and before him there is no number.

About this coordinate

Job 21:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 21:33, so the Hebrew word נָ֥חַל (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 Job.21.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.33.W3.S1) and character.