Psalm 18:4:3Ps.18.4.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:5
וְנַחֲלֵי־בְלִיﬞעַל
venakhaleiveliaal
“and torrents of wickedness”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-kha-LEI-ve-LI-a-al
- Extended
- veh-nah-khah-LEI-veh-LEE-ah-ahl
- IPA
- /vənăħăˈlej.ḇəlijaʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and torrents of wickedness
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ve-na-kha-LEI-ve-LI-a-al
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-kha-LEI-ve-LI-a-al ye-va-a-tu-NI
- sentence
a-fa-FU-ni khev-LEI-MA-vet ve-na-kha-LEI-ve-LI-a-al ye-va-a-tu-NI
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction vav {וְ | wə-} links the parallel phrase venachalei-beliyaal {וְנַחֲלֵי־בְלִיָּ֥עַל | wə-na-ḥă-lê bə-lî-yā-ʿal} ‘streams of worthlessness,’ where naḥal {נַחַל | naḥal} ‘torrent’ evokes surging ruin.
Root and etymology
Rootn-ḥ-l
“torrent”
In context — Psalm 18:4
The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of worthlessness terrified me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:4, so the Hebrew word וְנַחֲלֵי־בְלִיﬞעַל (venakhaleiveliaal) 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 Ps.18.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.4.W3.S1) and character.