Numbers 13:24:4Num.13.24.W4TAB
נַ֣חַל
nakhal
“Valley”
- Transliteration
- NA-khal
- Extended
- NAH-khal
- IPA
- /ˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- Valley
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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 esh-KOL
- clause
la-ma-KOM ha-HU ka-RA NA-khal esh-KOL
- sentence
la-ma-KOM ha-HU ka-RA NA-khal esh-KOL al o-DOT ha-esh-KOL a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verb qarā {קָרָ֖א | qā-rāʾ} ‘he called’ in the Qal perfect conveys a completed act of naming, taking as its direct object the toponym nakhal eshkol {נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹל | na-ḥāl ʾeš-kôl} ‘Valley of Eshcol’, formed by a construct noun–noun relationship.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–chet–lamed
“to wade, flow”
In context — Numbers 13:24
That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut off from there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 13:24, 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 Num.13.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.24.W4.S1) and character.