Lexical Definition

‎נַחַל‎ nachal (nakh'-al) torrent: river H:N-M
or (feminine) נַחְלָה nachlâh (nakh'-law); (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה nachălâh (nakh-al-aw'); (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from ‎נָחַל‎ in its original sense

brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley
1a) torrent
1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)
1c) shaft (of mine)
2) palm-tree
2a) meaning dubious

See Greek: ποταμός · φάραγξ · χείμαῤῥος

Usage: 1 form in 2 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
נַחֲלָ֖ה wadi Ezek.47.19 • Ezek.48.28

Extended Information

name of: שִׁיחוֹר

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נַ֫חַל‎ noun masculine2Kgs 3:16 torrent, torrent-valley, wady (Eccl 40:13; Eccl 40:16 Late Hebrew id., stream (rare); ᵑ7 ‎נַחְלָא‎ , = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian na—lu = Biblical Hebrew; LagBN 140 Anm. thinks Νεῖλος may be from Νεέλ = ‎נַחַל‎ pronounced *‎נִהִל‎; on ‎׳‎‎נ‎ in Sabean proper name, of a location, see HalRev. Sémit. Iv (1896), 80, 1, 14); — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 32:24* +, ‎נַ֫חְלָה‎ Ps 124:4 construct ‎נַחַל‎ Gen 26:17 +; with ‎ה‎ locative, Gen 34:5 so read also Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28 (where ᵑ0 ‎נַחֲלָ֫ה‎; see Thes); dual ‎נַחֲלַיִם‎ Ezek 47:9, but read ‎הַנַּחַל‎ ᵐ5. ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Co Berthol; plural ‎נְחָלִים‎ Num 21:4 +; ‎נַחֲלֵי‎ Deut 8:7 +; suffix ‎נְחֶלֶיהָ‎ Isa 34:9 —

1. torrent, of rushing water in narrow channel Judg 5:21 (3 t. in verse); Judg 4:7; Judg 4:13; Ps 83:10* (all of ‎קִישֹׁן‎, q. v.); mountain torrent Deut 9:21 (compare Exod 32:20); so Amos 5:24 (simile of righteousness); ‎הַשּׁוֺטֵף‎ ‎׳‎‎הַנּ‎ 2Chr 32:4 (|| ‎מַעְיָנוֺת‎); ‎לְזֶפֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎נֶהְפְּכוּ נ‎ Isa 34:9 simile of tears Lam 2:18 hyperb.‎שָֿׁ֑מֶן‎‎׳‎‎נ‎ Mic 6:7 torrents of oil, compare of honey and curd Job 20:17 (|| ‎פְּלַגּוֺת‎, ‎נְהָרִים‎); figurative‎בְלִיַּעַל‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 2Sam 22:5 torrents of worthlessness (|| ‎מִשְׁבְּרֵי‎ ‎מָ֫וֶת‎), = Ps 18:5* ‎שׁוֺטֵף‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ simile of glory of nations Isa 66:12, figurative of invaders Jer 47:2 (|| ‎מַיִס‎), or foes Ps 124:4 (‎נַ֫חְלָה‎, see above); 1Kgs 17:4; 1Kgs 17:6 (for drinking), drying up in summer v1Kgs 17:7 (‎יָבֵשׁ‎; all of Elijah's stream ‎כְּרִית‎, q. v.); for drinking also Ps 110:7, and (figurative) ‎עֲדָנֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Ps 36:9*; Job 6:15 (twice in verse) (‎אֲפִיק‎ ‎נְחָלִים‎; in simile); of water bursting from rock Ps 78:20 (‎שָׁטַף‎, || ‎מַיִם‎), compare Ps 74:15 (+ ‎מַעְיָן‎); figurative of ‎מְקוֺר חָכְמָה‎ Prov 18:4 (‎נֹבֵּעַ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎; || ‎מַיִם עֲמֻקִים‎); more generally = stream, brook, river (chiefly late) Isa 11:15 (divisions of river, ‎נָהָר‎) in desert Isa 35:6 (|| ‎מַיִם‎), Jer 31:9 (‎נַחֲלֵי מַיִם‎), Ezek 47:5 (twice in verse); Ezek 47:9 b (all strike out Co), vEzek 47:6 vEzek 47:7 vEzek 47:9a (read‎הַנַּחַל‎, see above), vEzek 47:12 containing fish, etc. Lev 11:9; Lev 11:10 (|| ‎מַיִם‎, ‎יַמִּים‎), Eccl 1:7 (twice in verse); figurative ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ י‎, Isa 30:28 (‎שׁוֺטֵף‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎, Isa 30:33 (‎גָּפְרִית‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎).

2. Torrent-valley, wady, as stream-bed 1Sam 17:40; Neh 2:15; Isa 57:6 with torrent flowing through it, ‎אֵיתָן‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Deut 21:4 (twice in verse); Deut 21:6, ‎אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מַיִם‎ Deut 8:7 (|| ‎עֲיָנֹת‎ ‎וּתְהֹמֹת יֹּצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה‎), compare Deut 10:7, 1Kgs 18:5 (|| ‎מַעְיְנֵי‎ ‎הַמַיִם‎), Ps 104:10 abode of Elijah 1Kgs 17:3; 1Kgs 17:5 (compare v1Kgs 17:4 v1Kgs 17:6 v1Kgs 17:7 above); ‎׳‎‎עֹרְבֵי נ‎ Prov 30:17 (compare 1Kgs 17:4; 1Kgs 17:6); ‎הַבַּתּוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 7:19 as home of bees; fertile, ‎אֶשְׁכֹּל‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Num 13:23; Num 13:24 (E); ‎׳‎‎אִבֵּי הַנּ‎ Song 6:11 ‎׳‎‎עַרְבֵינֿ‎ poplars of the wady Lev 23:40 (H), Job 40:22 ‎עֲרָבִים‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 15:7 needing water Gen 26:17 (‎גְּרָר‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎), vGen 26:19 (J), compare 2Kgs 3:16; 2Kgs 3:17 place for refuse, ruins, etc. 2Sam 17:13 in poetry also as wild, remote ravine Job 30:6, compare ‎בְּצוּר‎ ‎הַנְּחָלִים‎ Job 22:24 place of child-sacrifice Isa 57:5 burial-place Job 21:33 (‎׳‎‎רִגְבֵי נ‎), — Num 24:6 see II. ‎נַ֫חַל‎.

Note

Particular wadys designate localities: ‎אַרְנוֺן‎ Num 21:14 (E), Deut 2:24; Deut 2:36 (twice in verse); Deut 3:8; Deut 3:12; Deut 3:16 (twice in verse); Deut 4:48; Josh 12:1; Josh 12:2 (twice in verse); Josh 13:9 (twice in verse) (all D), vJosh 13:16 vJosh 13:16 (P), 2Kgs 10:33 ‎אֶשְׁכֹּל‎ Num 32:9 (J), Deut 1:24 ‎בְּשׂוֺר‎ 1Sam 30:9; 1Sam 30:10; 1Sam 30:21 ‎גָּד‎ 2Sam 24:5 ‎זֶרֶד‎ Num 21:12 (E), Deut 2:13 (twice in verse); Deut 2:14 ‎יַכֹּק‎ Gen 32:24* (J), Deut 2:37; Deut 3:16; Josh 12:2 (all D); ‎קִדְרוֺן‎ 2Sam 15:23; 2Sam 1:37; 2Sam 15:13; 2Sam 18:40; 2Sam 23:6 (twice in verse); 2Sam 23:12; 2Chr 15:16; 2Chr 29:16; 2Chr 30:14; Jer 31:40 ‎קָנָה‎ Josh 16:8; Josh 17:9 (3 t. in verse) (all P); ‎שׂוֺרֵק‎ Judg 16:4 ‎הַשִּׁטִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Joel 4:18* ‎׳‎‎נ‎ ‎מִצְרַיִם‎ is southwest limit of Palestine (Assyrian na—al [mat] Muƒri, Dl Par. 310 SchrCOT Num 34:5) Num 34:5 (P), Josh 15:4 (D), vJosh 15:47 (P), 1Kgs 8:65; 2Kgs 24:7; 2Kgs 24:2 Chron 2Kgs 7:8; Isa 27:12, + (omit ‎מצרים‎) Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28 (see above); so read also possibly Amos 6:14 (see ‎עֲרָבָה‎: usually identified with Wâdy el-Arîsh; on Wkl's different view, see references below ‎מִצְרַיִם‎ near the end); on identification of ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Josh 15:7; Josh 19:11 (both P), 2Sam 23:30 = 1Chr 11:32; 2Chr 20:16; 2Chr 33:14, see Commentaries; ‎אָשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים‎ Num 21:15, see ‎אֶשֶׁד‎.

3. Miner's shaft, ‎׳‎‎פָּרַץ נ‎ Job 28:4.

II. [‎נַ֫חַל‎] noun [masculine] perhaps palm-tree (Arabic , noun of individual meaning ; see PerlesJQ, July, 1899, 688); — only plural absolute, ‎כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּ֑יוּ‎ Num 24:6 like palm-trees, which are stretched out, spread out (as to foliage). So Perlesl.c, who compares ‎כערבי נחל‎ , ᵐ5 ὡς στελέχη φοινικων.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
Genesis 26:17 · 26:19 · 32:24* · 34:5
Exodus 32:20
Leviticus 11:9 · 11:10 · 23:40
Numbers 13:23 · 13:24 · 21:4 · 21:12 · 21:14 · 21:15 · 24:6 · 32:9 · 34:5
Deuteronomy 1:24 · 2:13 · 2:14 · 2:24 · 2:36 · 2:37 · 3:8 · 3:12 · 3:16 · 4:48 · 8:7 · 9:21 · 10:7 · 21:4 · 21:6
Joshua 12:1 · 12:2 · 13:9 · 13:16 · 15:4 · 15:7 · 15:47 · 16:8 · 17:9 · 19:11
Judges 4:7 · 4:13 · 5:21 · 16:4
1 Samuel 17:40 · 30:9 · 30:10 · 30:21
2 Samuel 1:37 · 15:13 · 15:23 · 17:13 · 18:40 · 22:5 · 23:6 · 23:12 · 23:30 · 24:5
1 Kings 8:65 · 17:3 · 17:4 · 17:5 · 17:6 · 17:7 · 18:5
2 Kings 3:16 · 3:17 · 7:8 · 10:33 · 24:2 · 24:7
1 Chronicles 11:32
2 Chronicles 15:16 · 20:16 · 29:16 · 30:14 · 32:4 · 33:14
Nehemiah 2:15
Job 6:15 · 20:17 · 21:33 · 22:24 · 28:4 · 30:6 · 40:22
Psalms 18:5* · 36:9* · 74:15 · 78:20 · 83:10* · 104:10 · 110:7 · 124:4
Proverbs 18:4 · 30:17
Ecclesiastes 1:7 · 40:13 · 40:16
Song of Solomon 6:11
Isaiah 7:19 · 11:15 · 15:7 · 27:12 · 30:28 · 30:33 · 34:9 · 35:6 · 57:5 · 57:6 · 66:12
Jeremiah 31:9 · 31:40 · 47:2
Lamentations 2:18
Ezekiel 47:5 · 47:6 · 47:7 · 47:9 · 47:12 · 47:19 · 48:28
Joel 4:18*
Amos 5:24 · 6:14
Micah 6:7

Profile

Brook of Egypt • Southwestern boundary of the Promised Land

The Brook of Egypt (Shihor) marked the southwestern boundary of the Promised Land.

The Brook of Egypt, also known as Shihor, was a waterway that marked the southwestern boundary of the Promised Land. It is mentioned in several passages describing the extent of the Israelite territory (Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4, 47; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Chronicles 7:8; Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28). The Brook of Egypt is generally identified with the Wadi el-Arish, a seasonal stream that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the modern border between Israel and Egypt.

In Joshua 13:3, Shihor is described as being "east of Egypt," suggesting that it was a separate body of water from the Nile River. However, in Isaiah 23:3, Shihor seems to be associated with the Nile, possibly referring to one of its eastern branches. The Brook of Egypt served not only as a geographical boundary but also as a symbol of the extent of God's promise to Israel and the limit of their conquest. During the reign of King Josiah, the Brook of Egypt was mentioned as the southern limit of Judah's territory (2 Kings 24:7).

All entries for Brook of Egypt or Shihor: נַחַל ☩ מִצְרַיִם ☩ שִׁיחוֹר