Joshua 17:9:16Josh.17.9.W16TAB
לַנַּ֔חַל
lanakhal
“of the brook”
- Transliteration
- la-NA-khal
- Extended
- lah-NAH-khal
- IPA
- /lanˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the brook
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-NA-khal
- phraseyour reading level
mits-POHN la-NA-khal
- clause
u-ge-VUL me-na-SHE mits-POHN la-NA-khal va-ye-HI tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD hag-GE-vul NA-khal ka-NA NEG-ba la-NA-khal a-REEM ha-E-le le-ef-RA-yim be-TOKH a-REI me-na-SHE u-ge-VUL me-na-SHE mits-POHN la-NA-khal va-ye-HI tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH
Exegesis
A directional phrase comprising nachal Kanah negebah lanachal {נַחַל קָנָה נֶגְבָּה לַנַּחַל | na-ḥǎl qā-nāh nĕ-ḡă-bāh la-nna-ḥǎl} traces the route to the wadi Kanah and then southward back to the wadi.
A parallel clause with ugevul menasheh mitzfon lanachal {וּגְבוּל מְנַשֶּׁה מִצְּפוֹן לַנַּחַל | ū-ḡə-vûl mə-naš-śêh mî-ṣə-p̄ôn la-nna-ḥǎl} details the northern limit, while vayehi totseotav hayammah {וַיְהִי תֹצְאֹתָיו הַיָּמָּה | wə-yě-hî tō-ṣə-ʼā-ṯāw hă-yămmāh} employs the directional he suffix to denote termination at the sea. The use of vav-consecutive verbs, prepositional phrases, and construct chains underlines the precision of tribal border descriptions.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–ḥet–lamed
“stream, wadi”
In context — Joshua 17:9
And the boundary went down to the wadi Kanah; south of the wadi these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the boundary of Manasseh was on the north side of the wadi, and its outgoings were toward the sea .
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 17:9, so the Hebrew word לַנַּ֔חַל (lanakhal) 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.17.9.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.9.W16.S1) and character.