Joshua 16:8:5Josh.16.8.W5TAB
נַ֣חַל
nakhal
“to the wadi”
- Transliteration
- NA-khal
- Extended
- NAH-khal
- IPA
- /ˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the wadi
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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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Word in context
- word
NA-khal
- phraseyour reading level
NA-khal ka-NAH
- clause
mi-ta-PU-ach ye-LEKH hag-GVUL ya-MAH NA-khal ka-NAH ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH
- sentence
mi-ta-PU-ach ye-LEKH hag-GVUL ya-MAH NA-khal ka-NAH ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH be-NEI e-fra-YIM le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The construct nāḥāl qānāh {נַ֣חַל קָנָ֔ה | nāḥāl qānāh} ‘the stream of Kanah’ identifies a geographic landmark, forming a genitive construct chain.
Root and etymology
נ־ח־ל
“stream; wadi”
In context — Joshua 16:8
From Tappuah the boundary runs westward to the wadi Kanah, and its outlets reach the Mediterranean ; this is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 16:8, so the Hebrew word נַ֣חַל (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 Josh.16.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.8.W5.S1) and character.