Numbers 24:6:1Num.24.6.W1TAB
כִּנְחָלִ֣ים
kinkhaleem
“like streams”
- Transliteration
- kin-kha-LEEM
- Extended
- kihn-kha-LEEM
- IPA
- /kinχaˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- like streams
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kin-kha-LEEM
- phraseyour reading level
kin-kha-LEEM nit-TA-yu
- clause
kin-kha-LEEM nit-TA-yu ke-ga-NOT a-LEI na-HAR
- sentence
kin-kha-LEEM nit-TA-yu ke-ga-NOT a-LEI na-HAR ka-a-ha-LEEM na-TA Ye-ho-VAH ka-a-ra-ZEEM a-LEI-MA-yim
Exegesis
The first simile links kinchalim {כִּנְחָלִ֣ים | kinchālîm} ‘valleys or streams’ with the Niphal perfect nittaw {נִטָּיוּ | niṭtāyw} ‘they are spread out’, creating an image of expanse.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-chet-lamed
“valley or stream”
In context — Numbers 24:6
Like valleys they are stretched out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters .
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 24:6, so the Hebrew word כִּנְחָלִ֣ים (kinkhaleem) 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.24.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.6.W1.S1) and character.