Joshua 19:11:8Josh.19.11.W8TAB
אֶל־הַנַּ֔חַל
elhanakhal
“to the brook”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-NA-khal
- Extended
- el-hah-NAH-khal
- IPA
- /ʔel.hanˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the brook
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-NA-khal
- clause
u-fa-GA el-ha-NA-khal a-SHER al-pe-NEI yak-ne-AM
- sentence
ve-a-LA ge-vu-LAM lai-YA-mah u-mar-a-LAH u-fa-GA be-da-BA-shet u-fa-GA el-ha-NA-khal a-SHER al-pe-NEI yak-ne-AM
Exegesis
A second ufaga leads into a relative clause with elhanakhal {אֶל־הַנַּ֔חַל | ʾel-ha-na-ḥal} ‘to the brook’, asher {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾa-šer} ‘that,’ and alpenei {עַל־פְּנֵ֥י | ʿal-pə-ney} ‘before’ modifying the place name yokneam {יָקְנְעָֽם | yāq-nə-ʿām} ‘Jokneam.’ The string of prepositions and vav-consecutives is rendered in English by a mix of spatial prepositions and conjunctions to preserve the Hebrew sequence while ensuring readability.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-ln-ḥ-l
“stream, wadi”
In context — Joshua 19:11
And their border went up to the sea and to Maralah , and it touched Dabbesheth, and it reached the brook that is before Jokneam.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 19:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַנַּ֔חַל (elhanakhal) 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.19.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.11.W8.S1) and character.