Etymology?:
from nāḥal נָחַל ‘to inherit’ in its original sense
Roots:
נחל
Variants: נַ֫חַל, נַ֫חַל
naḥal n, m
A1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley
1a) torrent
1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)
1c) shaft (of mine)
B1) palm-tree
Mentioned in Genesis 32:24, 26:19, 26:17 Codex Leviticus 11:10, 11:9, 23:40 Numbers 24:6, 13:24, 13:23, 32:9, 21:14, 21:15, 34:5, 21:12 Deuteronomy 2:14, 21:4, 2:37, 8:7, 9:21, 21:6, 2:36, 2:24, 3:8, 3:12, 3:16, 4:48, 10:7, 1:24, 2:13 Joshua 15:7, 19:11, 12:1, 17:9, 12:2, 16:8, 13:9, 13:16, 15:47, 15:4 Judges 16:4, 4:7, 4:13, 5:21 1 Samuel 17:40, 30:21, 30:9, 30:10, 15:5 2 Samuel 17:13, 24:5, 22:5, 15:23, 23:30 1 Kings 18:5, 18:40, 8:65, 15:13, 17:7, 17:3, 17:5, 2:37, 17:4, 17:6 2 Kings 23:12, 23:6, 3:16, 3:17, 10:33, 24:7 Isaiah 35:6, 27:12, 57:5, 66:12, 57:6, 34:9, 30:33, 11:15, 7:19, 30:28, 15:7 Jeremiah 31:9, 47:2, 31:40 Ezekiel 47:6, 47:7, 47:9, 47:19, 48:28, 47:5, 47:12 Joel 4:18 Amos 5:24, 6:14 Micah 6:7 Psalms 124:4, 74:15, 78:20, 18:5, 104:10, 36:9, 110:7, 83:10 Proverbs 30:17, 18:4 Job 21:33, 22:24, 6:15, 20:17, 28:4, 30:6, 40:22 Song of Songs 6:11 Lamentations 2:18 Ecclesiastes 1:7 Nehemiah 2:15 1 Chronicles 11:32 2 Chronicles 33:14, 15:16, 32:4, 29:16, 30:14, 7:8, 20:16